Session Year 2001, Special Session 1

Bill Name: HF0007

hf7 Omnibus transportation appropriations bill providing funding for
transportation, public safety, and the judicial system. ARTICLE 1 TRANSPORTATION
AND OTHER AGENCIES Section 1: Transportation appropriations summary provided.
Sec. 2: Transportation appropriations summary detailed by fund, including:
aeronautics, transit, railroads, motor carriers, local roads, state roads,
buildings, transfers, contingent appropriation, and use of state road
construction appropriations. Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit appropriations
summary provided. Sec. 4: Public safety appropriations summary provided.ARTICLE
2 TRANSPORTATION POLICYSection 1: Transportation appropriations summary
provided. Sec. 2: Transportation appropriations summary detailed by fund,
including: aeronautics, transit, railroads, motor carriers, local roads, state
roads, buildings, transfers, contingent appropriation, and use of state road
construction appropriations. Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit appropriations
summary provided. Sec. 4: Public safety appropriations summary provided. Sec. 5:
General contingent accounts appropriations summary provided. Sec. 6: Tort claims
provided. Sec. 7: Fiscal year 2001 appropriations transfers detailed. Sec. 8:
Office of pipeline safety assessments approved. Sec. 9: Certain one-time
appropriations provided. Sec. 10: DOT District 1 construction budget reduced.
Sec. 11: Port of Minneapolis zoning restrictions provided. Sec. 12: Town bridges
and culverts engineering cost financial assistance eligibility amounts provided.
Sec. 13: Trailer weight tax clarified. Sec. 14: Operating assistance for Duluth
transit authority clarified. Sec. 15: Highway maintenance billing allowances
provided. Sec. 16: Language updated relating to snowmobile gasoline consumption.
Sec. 17: Metropolitan council transit appropriation for 2002 eliminated.ARTICLE
2 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Repealer. Sec. 2: State highway bond
proceed transfer allowed. Sec. 3: Use of unmarked government vehicles by
investigative staff of the gambling control board allowed. Sec. 4: Signature for
work orders related to DOT contracts not required. Sec. 5: State road project
culvert maximum spending amount established. Sec. 6: Trunk highway No. 75
designated the "King of Trails." Sec. 7: Language clarified. Sec. 8: Trunk
highway construction bids allowed to be placed on the Internet. Sec. 9:
Electronic furnishing of securities provided. Sec. 10: Lowest responsible bidder
procedures clarified. Sec. 11: Bid record Internet posting allowed. Sec. 12:
Interregional corridor development funding provided. Sec. 13: Disaster account
language updated. Sec. 14: Disaster account language updated. Sec. 15: State
highway bond proceeds used to purchase property payment procedures provided, and
related terms defined. Sec. 16: Money transfer language clarified. Sec. 17:
Vehicle registration fee exemption provided for unmarked vehicles used by
investigative staff of gambling control board. Sec. 18: Temporary permit and
plate regulations established and modified. Sec. 19: Grounds for cancellation of
dealer license notification required. Sec. 20: Application to sale of other
vehicles related language clarified. Sec. 21: Motor vehicle registration renewal
filing fee increased and dealer retention provided. Sec. 22: Cancellation of
motor vehicle sale documentation requirements established. Sec. 23: Accident
reporting regulations for officers modified. Sec. 24: Accident report forms
outlined. Sec. 25: Semitrailer surge brake specifications established. Sec. 26:
Vehicle registration temporary permit regulations established. Sec. 27: Language
updated. Sec. 28: Judgement satisfaction dollar amounts increased. Sec. 29:
Exemptions for driver training instructors provided and language clarified. Sec.
30: Pavement striping cost guidelines provided. Sec. 31: Language clarified.
Sec. 32: State fund spending on light rail transit study prohibited. Sec. 33:
Notice to legislature of spending towards high-speed rail studies required. Sec.
34: Draft environmental impact statements included on reports to commissioner.
Sec. 35: Major transportation project definition modified. Sec. 36: Commissioner
given power to purchase land and erect communications towers. Sec. 37: Trunk
highway fund fee deposit provided. Sec. 38: Commuter rail facility fund
expenditure provided. Sec. 39: Quiet zones established. Sec. 40: Transit lease
disposition permitted. Sec. 41: Transportation revolving loan fund related
definitions modified, purpose clarified, and loan account established. Various
related procedures detailed. Sec. 42: Expenditure of state funds for light rail
studies prohibited. Sec. 43: Performance-based funding program for certain
providers recipient payment percentage reduced. Sec. 44: Repealer.ARTICLE 3
DESIGN-BUILDSection 1: Design-build contract related terms defined. Sec. 2:
Design-build authority regulations established. Sec. 3: Determination to use
design-build selection method stated and support provided. Sec. 4: Design-build
notification and report required. Sec. 5: Licensing requirements provided. Sec.
6: Design-build RFQ and selection team detailed and evaluation required. Sec. 7:
Request for design-build proposals provided. Sec. 8: Procedures for replacing
team members provided. Sec. 9: Design-build contract award regulations
established. Sec. 10: List of design-build contracts publication required. Sec.
11: Effective date provided.ARTICLE 4 CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONSSection 1:
Criminal justice money appropriated. Sec. 2: Supreme Court money appropriated.
Sec. 3: Court of appeals money appropriated. Sec. 4: District court money
appropriated. Sec. 5: Board on judicial standards money appropriated. Sec. 6:
Tax court money appropriated. Sec. 7: Human rights money appropriated. Sec. 8:
Uniform laws commission money appropriated. Sec. 9: Tax court deficiency money
appropriated. Sec. 10: Crime victim ombudsman money appropriated. Sec. 11:
Public safety money appropriated, including trunk highway, emergency management,
criminal apprehension, fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, crime
victim services center, and law enforcement community grant money. Sec. 12:
Board of peace officer standards and training money appropriated. Sec. 13: Board
of private detective agent services money appropriated. Sec. 14: Deficiency
appropriation. Sec. 15: Sunset of uncodified language.ARTICLE 5 PUBLIC SAFETY
AND JUDICIARY POLICY PROVISIONSSection 1: Retired justices and judges
compensation to be determined by chief justice of Supreme Court. Sec. 2:
Internet access fee by bureau of criminal apprehension authorized. Sec. 3:
Criminal gang oversight council membership requirements modified. Sec. 4:
Financial crimes investigation task force established. Sec. 5: Fingerprinting
required in specified instances. Sec. 6: Certain identification furnished to
bureau specified. Sec. 7: Suspense file reporting regulations established. Sec.
8: Criminal and juvenile justice information policy group membership detailed
and duties established. Sec. 9: Policy group task force member appointment by
commissioner of public safety authorized. Sec. 10: Criminal and traffic offender
surcharge raised. Sec. 11: Percentages of surcharges to be disbursed by state
treasurer modified. Sec. 12: Fingerprinting required. Sec. 13: Racial profiling
avoided, policies and learning objectives required. Sec. 14: Certain
baccalaureate degree holders eligible to take peace officer licensing
examination. Sec. 15: Reciprocity examination based on relevant military
experience eligibility requirements provided. Sec. 16: Racial profiling study
initiated and report required. Sec. 17: Racial profiling advisory committee
established and detailed. Sec. 18: Racial profiling complaint toll-free
telephone number established. Sec. 19: Police vehicle video camera installation
grant program established. Sec. 20: State patrol minority recruitment study
initiated. Sec. 21: Regional training seminars required. Sec. 22: Peace officer
model policy reports required. Sec. 23: Child support pilot project established.
Sec. 24: Outside review for CriMNet projects required. Sec. 25: Special revenue
spending authorization provided, and other money appropriated.ARTICLE 6 GENERAL
CRIMINAL PROVISIONSSection 1: "Misdemeanor" fine modified. Sec. 2: "Pet or
companion animal" defined. Sec. 3: "Service animal" defined. Sec. 4:
"Substantial bodily harm" defined. Sec. 5: "Great bodily harm" defined. Sec. 6:
Harming service animals prohibited. Sec. 7: Penalties provided for intentionally
harming a pet or companion animal. Sec. 8: Statutory reference removed and
language clarified.Sec 9-11: Statutory references added. Sec. 12: "Great bodily
harm" defined. Sec. 13: Dangerous dog registration requirements detailed. Sec.
14: Dangerous or destructive dog designation review and appeal procedures
provided. Sec. 15: Contracted service regulations modified. Sec. 16: Microchip
implantation inside of dangerous dogs required. Sec. 17: Dangerous dog ownership
requirements established. Sec. 18: Penalties detailed. Sec. 19: Dog destruction
guidelines provided. Sec. 20: Fines and penalties for fleeing an officer
increased. Sec. 21-22: Provisions relating to harboring or assisting a known
felon provided. Sec. 23: Possession of shoplifting gear regulations provided.
Sec. 24: Pornography dissemination prohibited and penalties provided. Sec. 25:
Statutory references modified. Sec. 26: Repealer. Sec. 27. Effective date.
ARTICLE 7 PREDATORY OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND RELATED PROVISIONSSection 1-2:
Predatory offender registration requirements clarified. Sec. 3: "Motor vehicle"
definition provided. Sec. 4: Registration period clarified. Sec. 5: "Crime
against the person" definition clarified. Sec. 6: Statutory references added to
related DNA testing section language. Sec. 7: Legislative intent specified. Sec.
8: Repealer. Sec. 9: Effective dates.ARTICLE 8 FELONY DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED
PROVISIONSSection 1-2: New first-degree DWI offense established, other previous
degrees moved down one level. Sec. 3: First-degree driving while impaired
described. Sec. 4: Second-degree driving while impaired described. Sec. 5:
Third-degree driving while impaired described. Sec. 6: Fourth-degree driving
while impaired described. Sec. 7: Nonfelony violations detailed. Sec. 8:
Mandatory prison sentence established and detailed. Sec. 9: Stay authorization
language updated to reflect changes to DWI laws. Sec. 10: First and
second-degree DWI offenders custodial arrest regulations provided. Sec. 11:
"Designated offense" definition modified. Sec. 12: Surcharge fees provided. Sec.
13: Supervision level specified. Sec. 14: Study initiated. Sec. 15: Felony
driving while impaired money appropriated. Sec. 16: Effective date.ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS DWI PROVISIONSSection 1: Monitoring requirements modified. Sec. 2:
Consecutive sentences for multiple offenses permitted and statutory reference
added. Sec. 3-4: Related terms defined. Sec. 5: Definition of "crime" provided.
Sec. 6: Statutory reference added. Sec. 7: Applicability regulations concerning
implied consent revocation modified. Sec. 8: "Significant relationship" defined.
Sec. 9: Special registration plates required. Sec. 10: Sale of vehicle subject
to impoundment order guidelines provided. Sec. 11: "Prosecuting authority"
definition modified. Sec. 12: Commissioner-imposed restrictions and violations
clarified. Sec. 13: Statutory reference added. Sec. 14: Statutory references
added. Sec. 15: Immunity from liability provided. Sec. 16: Repealer. Sec. 17:
Effective date.AE