Minnesota Legislature
HF 2479
as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/27/2017 11:43am
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; modifying commercial vehicle weighing and inspection
provision; requiring yield signs at specific railroad crossings; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, sections 169.85, subdivision 1; 219.20, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.85, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Driver to stop for weighing.
(a) The driver of a vehicle that has been
lawfully stopped may be required by an officer to submit the vehicle and load to a weighing
by means of portable or stationary scales.
(b) In addition, the officer may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest available
scales, but only if:
(1) the distance to the scales is no further than five miles, or if the distance from the
point where the vehicle is stopped to the vehicle's destination is not increased by more than
ten miles as a result of proceeding to the nearest available scales; and
(2) if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle, no more than two other commercial
motor vehicles are waiting to be inspected at the scale.
(c) Official traffic-control devices as authorized by section 169.06 may be used to direct
the driver to the nearest scale.
(d) When a truck weight enforcement operation is conducted by means of portable or
stationary scales, signs giving notice of the operation must be posted within the highway
right-of-way and adjacent to the roadway within two miles of the operation. The driver of
a truck or combination of vehicles registered for or with a gross vehicle weight exceeding
10,000 pounds shall proceed to the scale site and submit the vehicle to weighing and
inspection.
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(e) An officer may require the driver of a vehicle that has been stopped at a scale facility
by a traffic-control signal as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 85, to submit the vehicle
and load to weighing, an inspection, or both.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 219.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
When installation required; procedure.
At each grade crossing not
equipped with flashing lights or flashing lights and gates deleted text begin where, because of the dangers
attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection of life and property makes it necessary for
persons approaching the crossing to stop or yield before crossing the railroad tracks, stop
signs or yield signsdeleted text end new text begin , the railway company new text end must deleted text begin be installeddeleted text end new text begin install yield signs in addition
to crossbuck signsnew text end . When the government entity responsible for a road that crosses a railroad
track deems it necessary to install stop signs deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin rather than new text end yield signs at that crossing, it
shall petition the commissioner to order the installation of the stop signs deleted text begin or yield signsdeleted text end . The
commissioner shall respond to the petition by investigating the conditions at the crossing
to determine whether stop signs deleted text begin or yield signsdeleted text end should be installed at the crossingnew text begin instead of
yield signsnew text end . On determining, after an investigation following a petition from a governmental
agency or subdivision or on the commissioner's own motion, that stop signs deleted text begin or yield signsdeleted text end
should be installed at a crossing, the commissioner shall designate the crossing as a stop
crossing deleted text begin or yield crossingdeleted text end and shall notify the railway company operating the railroad at
the crossing of this designation. Within 30 days after notification, the railway company
shall erect the deleted text begin uniformdeleted text end stop deleted text begin crossingdeleted text end signs deleted text begin or yield crossing signsdeleted text end in accordance with the
commissioner's order.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
Railway companies must install yield signs required under this section before December
31, 2019.
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