1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a moratorium on permits to mow or hay 
1.3 	trunk highway rights-of-way.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAY MOWING OR HAYING; PERMIT MORATORIUM.
 1.6 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the commissioner of transportation must 
1.7 	implement a moratorium until April 30, 2019, on enforcing permits under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.8 	sections 160.232 and 160.2715, or any other Minnesota statute or administrative rule, to 
1.9 	mow or bale hay in the right-of-way of a trunk highway.
1.10 	(b) This section applies regardless of the date of any permit issuance. This section does 
1.11 	not apply to a right-of-way adjacent to land under the jurisdiction of the state or a political 
1.12 	subdivision.

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