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HF 2387

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/23/2021 09:52am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; requiring town approval before a county road reverts to
the town; amending the speed limit for rural residential districts; amending
requirements for utilities to restore roads after excavation or other use; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 163.11, subdivision 5a; 169.14, subdivision 2;
237.163, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 163.11, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:


Subd. 5a.

Hearing on reversion to town.

Before adopting a resolution revoking a county
highway that would revert in whole or in part to a town, the county board shall fix a date,
time and place of hearing in the town where the highway is located to consider the revocation.
Not less than 30 days before the hearing, the county board shall serve notice of the hearing
by certified mail on each member of the town board of supervisors. At the hearing the town
board and all interested persons shall be entitled to be heard and express their views on the
proposed reversion of the highway to the town. After the hearing the county board may
adopt a resolution revoking the highway. The resolution revoking the highway shall not be
effective until the following conditions are met:

(1) the county has completed repairs or improvements on the highway that are necessary
to meet the county standards for a comparable road in the county in which the town is
located; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(2) the county has properly recorded with the county recorder all county interest in real
estate used for the highwaydeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the township board adopts a resolution accepting the reversion of the highway and
transmits that resolution to the county board.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Speed limits.

(a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds shall be
lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed
is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed limit within any
municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:

(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district;

(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section 160.02,
subdivision 18b, and noninterstate freeways, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 19;

(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;

(4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area
with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
transportation;

(5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area with
a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of transportation;

(6) ten miles per hour in alleys;

(7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having
jurisdiction over the residential roadway; and

(8) new text begin 30 or new text end 35 miles per hour in a rural residential district if adopted by the road authority
having jurisdiction over the rural residential district.

(b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the road
authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end
of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.

(c) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (8), is not effective unless the road
authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning and end
of the rural residential district for the roadway on which the speed limit applies.

(d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other law to the contrary, a person
who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit designated on an
appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles per hour or more
in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge equal to the
amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 237.163, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Restoration.

(a) A telecommunications right-of-way user, after an excavation
new text begin or use new text end of a public right-of-way, shall provide for restoration of the right-of-way and
surrounding areas, including the pavement new text begin or other driving surface new text end and deleted text begin itsdeleted text end new text begin the pavement or
driving surface's
new text end foundation, in the same condition that existed before the excavationnew text begin or
use
new text end . Local government units that choose to perform their own surface restoration required
as a result of the excavationnew text begin or usenew text end may require telecommunications right-of-way users to
reimburse the reasonable costs of that surface restoration. new text begin A local government unit may
require the utility to provide financial security for the excavation or use of the public
right-of-way. The local government may use such financial security for the restoration of
the public right-of-way.
new text end Restoration of the public right-of-way must be completed within
the dates specified in the right-of-way permit, unless the permittee obtains a waiver or a
new or amended right-of-way permit.

(b) If a telecommunications right-of-way user elects not to restore the public right-of-way,
a local government unit may impose a degradation fee in lieu of restoration to recover costs
associated with a decrease in the useful life of the public right-of-way caused by the
excavationnew text begin or usenew text end of the right-of-way by a telecommunications right-of-way user.

(c) A telecommunications right-of-way user that disturbs uncultivated sod in the
excavation or obstruction of a public right-of-way shall plant grasses that are native to
Minnesota and, wherever practicable, that are of the local eco-type, as part of the restoration
required under this subdivision, unless the owner of the real property over which the public
right-of-way traverses objects. In restoring the right-of-way, the telecommunications
right-of-way user shall consult with the Department of Natural Resources regarding the
species of native grasses that conform to the requirements of this paragraph.