Session Year 2005, Special Session 1

Bill Name: HF0140

HF 140

SPECIAL SESSION CHAPTER 6
EFFECTIVE DATE: Various

Omnibus
transportation funding bill, including highway funding, Metropolitan council,
public transit, public safety, and related motor vehicle provisions
modifications; and appropriating money.

ARTICLE 1 ¿ APPROPRIATIONS :
TRANSPORTATION, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, PUBLIC SAFETY

Section 1: Transportation,
met council, and public safety money appropriations summarized.
Sec. 2:
Transportation money appropriated.
Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit money
appropriated.
Sec. 4: Public safety money appropriated.
Sec. 5: General
contingent account money appropriated.
Sec. 6: Tort claims money
appropriated.

ARTICLE 2 ¿ PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES, FEES, ACCOUNTS

Section 1:
Title transfer fee increased.
Sec. 2: Registration tax deposited to vehicle
services operating account.
Sec. 3: Temporary permit display language
clarified.
Sec. 4: Registration and taxation affidavit regulations
provided.
Sec. 5-7: License plate language clarified to change ¿registrar¿ to
¿commissioner¿ and special license plates regulated with specified fees.
Sec.
8: Veterans license plates regulated.
Sec. 9: Veterans service group emblems
regulated.
Sec. 10: Regulations governing medal of honor recipient license
plates modified.
Sec. 11: POW Prisoner of war license plate regulations
modified.
Sec. 12: Veteran contribution plates issuance procedure
modified.
Sec. 13: Fleet registration applicant fee modified.
Sec. 14:
Limousine plate regulations modified.
Sec. 15: Collegiate license plates
technical reference added.
Sec. 16: Uniform design and unique emblems on
license plates regulated.
Sec. 17-19: Technical statutory references added and
¿registrar¿ changed to ¿commissioner.¿
Sec. 20: Ownership transfer of
vehicle regulations modified.
Sec. 21: Registration tax refund for errors
regulations clarified.
Sec. 22: Dealers¿ license plate fees modified.
Sec. 23:
Registration tax refund modified.
Sec. 24: Expedited driver and vehicles
services fee established.
Sec. 25: Driver and vehicle record distribution fee
established.
Sec. 26: Commissioner as registrar powers regulated.
Sec. 27:
Language clarified.
Sec. 28: Lessee information modified.
Sec. 29: Vehicle
license plate manufacture appropriations modified.
Sec. 30: Transfer fee
modified.
Sec. 31: ¿registrar¿ changed to ¿commissioner.¿
Sec. 32:
Inspection fee deposit in vehicle services operating account required and fee
increased.
Sec. 33: Fees for filing title issuance application increased.
Sec.
34: Expense payment disposition required.
Sec. 35: Language clarified and
accident report fee deposit regulations established.
Sec. 36: Technical
clarification.
Sec. 37: License and MN identification card fees increased.
Sec.
38: Filing fee increased.
Sec. 39: Technical changes.
Sec. 40: Motorcycle
endorsement fee application procedure modified.
Sec. 41: Repeat examination fee
imposed.
Sec. 42: Reinstatement fee language clarified.
Sec. 43: Driver
services operating account money credited and highway fund deposit procedures
established.
Sec. 44: Technical language clarifications.
Sec. 45: Driver
services operating account deposit specified and account regulated.
Sec. 46:
Driver and vehicle services operating account established.
Sec. 47: Revisor¿s
instruction.
Sec. 48: Repealer.

ARTICLE 3 ¿ TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Section 1:
Real property appraisal data classified.
Sec. 2: Central mailing system
authorization parameters specified.
Sec. 3: Highway sign program billing
procedures detailed.
Sec. 4: Paul Bunyan Expressway specification
modified.
Sec. 5: Hwy. 371 from Little Falls to Cass Lake designated as
¿Purple Heart Memorial Highway.¿
Sec. 6: Biauswah bridge designated.
Sec. 7:
Repayment interest rate clarified.
Sec. 8: Tribal authority highway contract
language clarified.
Sec. 9-14: Language clarified, technical statutory
references added.
Sec. 15: Fund advance authorization regulations
modified.
Sec. 16: State-aid highway route construction when conflicts occur
regulation procedures established.
Sec. 17: Highway construction across another
municipality or state procedures established.
Sec. 18: ¿Highway¿ definition
modified.
Sec. 19: ¿Motor vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 20: ¿Owner¿
definition modified.
Sec. 21: ¿Registered owner¿ definition modified.
Sec.
22: ¿Tax¿ definition modified.
Sec. 23: ¿Passenger automobile¿ definition
modified.
Sec. 24: ¿Recreational equipment vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec.
25: ¿All terrain vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 26: ¿Person¿
definition modified.
Sec. 27: ¿State¿ defined.
Sec. 28: ¿Vehicle¿
defined.
Sec. 29: Vehicle tax exemptions modified.
Sec. 30: Active military
service registration exemptions modified.
Sec. 31: Nonresident buyer permit fee
procedure modified.
Sec. 32: Collector¿s vehicle and license issuance
regulations clarified.
Sec. 33: Disabled American Veteran plates established
and fees imposed.
Sec. 34: USDOT number regulations modified.
Sec. 35:
Automobile lien extension procedures established.
Sec. 36: ¿Commerical motor
vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 37: ¿Hazardous materials¿ definition
modified.
Sec. 38: ¿Recreational vehicle combination¿ definition
modified.
Sec. 39: Right of way for pedestrians established.
Sec. 40:
¿Pedestrian control signal¿ regulations modified.
Sec. 41: License revocation
penalty relating to speed violations in excess of 100 miles an hour
established.
Sec. 42: Speed limit violation penalties increased for those
traveling 20 miles an hour over the posted limit.
Sec. 43: Passing on the right
shoulder prohibited.
Sec. 44: Self-propelled or towed implement of husbandry
exempted from regulations concerning centerline on highway.
Sec. 45: Parked
emergency vehicle passage definitions provided.
Sec. 46: Exempt crossing
designation criteria modified.
Sec. 47: Day activity center buses authorized
and regulated.
Sec. 48: Slow moving vehicle regulation language clarified.
Sec.
49: Recreational vehicle combination length limits increased.
Sec. 50: Gross
weight limitations of forest products clarified.
Sec. 51: Technical reference
provided.
Sec. 52: Vehicle permit fee for manufactured storage imposed.
Sec.
53: Traffic ticket issuance procedures clarified.
Sec. 54: Test refusal and
license revocation standards modified to incorporate federal regulations.
Sec.
55: ¿Commercial motor vehicle¿ definition modified.
Sec. 56: ¿Hazardous
materials¿ definition modified.
Sec. 57: ¿state¿ definition modified.
Sec.
58: ¿Tank vehicle¿ defined.
Sec. 59: Technical references added.
Sec. 60:
Persons exempt from driver¿s licenses detailed.
Sec. 61: Commercial motor
vehicle operator disqualification criteria modified.
Sec. 62: Permit issuance
to persons 18 or more years of age regulations modified.
Sec. 63: Permit
issuance to persons less than 18 years of age regulations modified.
Sec. 64:
Individuals operating a vehicle by use of a learner¿s permit prohibited from
using a cellular phone while driving.
Sec. 65: Individuals operating a vehicle
by use of a provisional license prohibited from using a cellular phone while
driving.
Sec. 66: Two wheeled endorsement fee increase modified.
Sec. 67:
Driving restriction relating to air brake component of commercial driver¿s
license test expanded.
Sec. 68: Application and record destruction regulations
clarified.
Sec. 69: List of convictions not recorded on driving record
modified.
Sec. 70: Examination upon renewal issuance procedures clarified.
Sec.
71: Records check for commercial driver¿s license procedures detailed.
Sec.
72: Federal standard disqualifications and penalties revised.
Sec. 73: Implied
consent revocation of license procedures detailed.
Sec. 74: Recreational
vehicle exemptions for violations revised.
Sec. 75: Commercial driver¿s
license information system notice provided.
Sec. 76: Conforming change with
section 41.
Sec. 77: License suspension authorized if driver pays with
dishonored check.
Sec. 78: Commissioner issuance of certain licenses
prohibited.
Sec. 79: Bridge engineering and design cost limitations
established.
Sec. 80: Commuter rail corridor coordinating committee expiration
prevented.
Sec. 81: ¿Essential employee¿ definition modified.
Sec. 82:
Conforming change.
Sec. 83: Renewal of professional license regulations
clarified.
Sec. 84: Conforming change with section 83.
Sec. 85: Grade crossing
safety account created.
Sec. 86: Quiet zone establishment provided.
Sec. 87:
Bell ringing failure by railroad engineer regulations clarified.
Sec. 88:
Forfeited bail money deposit procedures clarified.
Sec. 89: Town road sign
replacement program established and detailed.
Sec. 90: Bus rapid transit system
within Cedar Avenue transit corridor development authorized.
Sec. 91: Insurance
coverage through sampling verification program suspended.
Sec. 92: Suspended
license reinstatement provided.
Sec. 93: Charge dismissal provided.
Sec. 94:
Previous violation removal provided.
Sec. 95: Conviction remediation
provided.
Sec. 96: Insurer remediation required.
Sec. 97: Report
required.
Sec. 98: Public safety funding required.
Sec. 99: Roussain cemetery
designation provided.
Sec. 100: Wetland replacement requirement exemption
provided.
Sec. 101: Maximum train speed in city of Orr established.
Sec. 102:
Ethanol mandate established.
Sec. 103: Hennepin county additional deputy
registrar of motor vehicles position established.
Sec. 104: Deputy registrar
and driver¿s license agent appointment procedures established.
Sec. 105:
Transition provided.
Sec. 106: Floodwood safety rest area authorized to sell
nonalcoholic beverages and snack foods.
Sec. 107: Revisor¿s instruction.
Sec.
108: Repealer.
Sec. 109: Effective date.

ARTICLE 4 ¿ EFFECTIVE
DATES

Section 1: Effective dates.

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