as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to highways; requiring the commissioner of 1.3 transportation to allow use of freeway and expressway 1.4 shoulders by all 15-person buses where such use is 1.5 permitted for transit buses; proposing coding for new 1.6 law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. [169.306] [USE OF SHOULDERS BY BUSES.] 1.9 If the commissioner of transportation permits the use by 1.10 transit buses of a shoulder of a freeway or expressway, as 1.11 defined in section 160.02, in the seven-county metropolitan 1.12 area, the commissioner shall permit the use on that shoulder of 1.13 any type of bus as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 50.