85.016 BICYCLE TRAIL PROGRAM.

117.189 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EXCEPTIONS.

new text begin [160.801] HIGHWAY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin [168.1256] RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL PLATES.
new text end

new text begin [168.1294] "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" SPECIAL PLATES.
new text end

new text begin [168A.125] TRANSFER-ON-DEATH TITLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE.
new text end

168A.141 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIXED TO REAL PROPERTY.

168A.142 MANUFACTURED HOME UNAFFIXED FROM REALTY.

new text begin [168A.143] MANUFACTURED HOMES; OWNERSHIP AT ISSUE.
new text end

new text begin [169.869] ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SPECIAL PERMIT.
new text end

new text begin [173.155] CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS.
new text end

new text begin [173.265] OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES; REMOVAL;
MAINTENANCE.
new text end

new text begin [174.38] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin [174.53] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.
new text end

new text begin [174.57] SNOW AND ICE CONTROL; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

174.93 deleted text begin GUIDEWAYdeleted text end new text begin METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSITnew text end INVESTMENT.

222.49 RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.

HF 3

ARTICLE 1

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

ARTICLE 2

TRANSPORTATION BONDS

ARTICLE 3

TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FINANCE

85.016 BICYCLE TRAIL PROGRAM.

117.189 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EXCEPTIONS.

new text begin [160.801] HIGHWAY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
new text end

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Bill Text Versions

Section 1. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONSnew text end

Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONnew text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCILnew text end

Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYnew text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET.new text end

Section 1. new text begin BOND APPROPRIATIONS.new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONnew text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin BOND SALE EXPENSESnew text end

Sec. 4. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end

Section 1.

Subd. 2.

Sec. 2.

Sec. 3.

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Sec. 4.

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Subd. 27.

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Sec. 7.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

Sec. 8.

Subdivision 1.

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Subd. 3.

Section 1. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
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Sec. 3. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
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Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
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Sec. 5. new text begin APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.
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Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET.
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Section 1. new text begin BOND APPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
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Sec. 3. new text begin BOND SALE EXPENSES
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Sec. 4. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
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Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Cash sale price.

new text begin Bikeway. new text end

Roadway; bicycle lane; bicycle route; bicycle pathdeleted text begin ; bikewaydeleted text end .

new text begin Shared use path. new text end

new text begin Trunk highway appeal process. new text end

deleted text begin Model standardsdeleted text end new text begin Bikeways; powers and duties; design guidelinesnew text end .

Cooperation among agencies and governments.

Design-build bridges for nonmotorized vehicles.

new text begin State bicycle route; definition. new text end

new text begin State bicycle routes. new text end

Connections with other bikeways.

Cooperation with other entities.

Funding.

new text begin Mississippi River Trail. new text end

new text begin Sponsorship program. new text end

new text begin Agreements. new text end

new text begin Support activities. new text end

new text begin Acknowledgment of sponsors. new text end

new text begin Highway sponsorship program account; appropriation. new text end

new text begin Prohibition. new text end

Trunk highway emergency relief account.

Flexible highway account; turnback accounts.

Project eligibility.

Project selection process; criteria.

Legislative report; evaluation.

Route No. 259.

new text begin Senator Jim Metzen Memorial Highway. new text end

Location and design of highways.

Rules; eligibility.

new text begin Spending on trunk highway system. new text end

Conveyance to highest bidder in certain cases.

Services of licensed real estate broker.

new text begin Unsold lands. new text end

Passenger automobile; hearse.

new text begin Electric vehicle. new text end

Disability plates; application.

Plate design; furnished by commissioner.

Plate transfer.

new text begin Issuance of plates. new text end

new text begin Design. new text end

new text begin Plates transfer. new text end

new text begin Exemption. new text end

new text begin Issuance of plates. new text end

new text begin Design. new text end

new text begin Plates transfer. new text end

new text begin Exemption. new text end

new text begin Fees. new text end

new text begin No refund. new text end

new text begin Documentary fee. new text end

Deputy registrars.

Application, issuance, form, bond, and notice.

new text begin Titled as transfer-on-death. new text end

new text begin Designation of beneficiary. new text end

new text begin Interest of beneficiary. new text end

new text begin Vesting of ownership in beneficiary. new text end

new text begin Rights of creditors. new text end

Certificates surrendered for cancellation.

new text begin Affidavit form. new text end

Perfected security interest deleted text begin avoids cancellationdeleted text end new text begin prevents surrendernew text end .

Notice of security interest deleted text begin avoids surrenderdeleted text end .

Certificate of title requirements.

deleted text begin Proofdeleted text end new text begin Evidencenew text end of eligibility for reissuance.

new text begin Affidavit form. new text end

new text begin Requirements for certificate issuance or reissuance. new text end

new text begin Satisfaction of manufactured home security lien; release. new text end

new text begin Suspension or revocation of certificate. new text end

new text begin All-electric vehicle. new text end

Head Start bus.

Neighborhood electric vehicle.

new text begin St. Louis County Road 128. new text end

Driving left of roadway center; exception.

Laned highway.

Operation.

Scope of privilege.

Identifying certificate.

White strobe lamps on certain buses transporting children.

Use of stop-signal arm.

Violations by drivers; penalties.

Rules.

National standards adopted.

Applicability.

Certification.

Floor construction.

Insulation.

Windows.

Video or mobile surveillance systems.

Strobe lamp.

Limitations; misdemeanor.

new text begin Certain emergency vehicles. new text end

new text begin Special tire-hauling permit. new text end

Restrictions.

Permit fee; appropriation.

Requirements; restrictions.

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin Six-axle vehicles. new text end

new text begin Seven-axle vehicles. new text end

new text begin Authority; restrictions. new text end

new text begin Revenues. new text end

new text begin Expiration date. new text end

new text begin Permit information. new text end

new text begin Local preferred routes. new text end

Exception for type III vehicle drivers.

Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee.

Application.

Certain convictions not recorded.

new text begin Abandoned and discontinued. new text end

new text begin Conforming. new text end

Commercial or industrial activity.

new text begin Nonconforming. new text end

new text begin Off-premise new text end

Scenic area.

new text begin Scenic byways. new text end

Authority.

Forms; content.

new text begin Seed sign exemption. new text end

new text begin Violations; removal. new text end

Removal of advertising device for noncompliance.

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin Prohibition. new text end

new text begin Exceptions. new text end

new text begin Stationary structure. new text end

new text begin Permanent business. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin Removal. new text end

new text begin Reasonable repair and maintenance. new text end

new text begin Substantial change. new text end

Revision of statewide multimodal transportation plan.

Statewide highway deleted text begin 20-year capitaldeleted text end investment plan.

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin Program established. new text end

new text begin Active transportation account. new text end

new text begin Program administration. new text end

new text begin Eligibility. new text end

new text begin Use of funds. new text end

new text begin Project evaluation and selection. new text end

Certification and disbursal for project of political subdivision.

Bridge costs in smaller cities.

Fracture-critical bridges.

new text begin Major local bridges. new text end

Bridge grant program; rulemaking.

new text begin Availability of information. new text end

Definitions.

new text begin Guideway new text end capital project requests to legislature.

Legislative report.

new text begin Exemptions for pipeline welding trucks. new text end

Grants.

Estates subject to claims.

Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue.

new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin Multimodal Systems new text end

new text begin State Roads new text end

new text begin Local Roads new text end

new text begin Agency Management new text end

new text begin Transfers new text end

new text begin Previous State Road Construction Appropriations new text end

new text begin Contingent Appropriations new text end

new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin Administration and Related Services new text end

new text begin State Patrol new text end

new text begin Driver and Vehicle Services new text end

new text begin Traffic Safety new text end

new text begin Pipeline Safety new text end

new text begin Corridors of Commerce new text end

new text begin State Road Construction new text end

new text begin Cancellations new text end

Cash sale price.

new text begin Bikeway. new text end

Roadway; bicycle lane; bicycle route; bicycle pathdeleted text begin ; bikewaydeleted text end .

new text begin Shared use path. new text end

new text begin Trunk highway appeal process. new text end

deleted text begin Model standardsdeleted text end new text begin Bikeways; powers and duties; design guidelinesnew text end .

Cooperation among agencies and governments.

new text begin Total Appropriation
new text end

new text begin Multimodal Systems
new text end

new text begin State Roads
new text end

new text begin Local Roads
new text end

new text begin Agency Management
new text end

new text begin Transfers
new text end

new text begin Previous State Road Construction
Appropriations
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new text begin Contingent Appropriations
new text end

new text begin Total Appropriation
new text end

new text begin Administration and Related Services
new text end

new text begin State Patrol
new text end

new text begin Driver and Vehicle Services
new text end

new text begin Traffic Safety
new text end

new text begin Pipeline Safety
new text end

new text begin Corridors of Commerce
new text end

new text begin State Road Construction
new text end

new text begin Cancellations
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Engrossments
Introduction		Posted on 05/24/2017
1st Engrossment		Posted on 05/31/2017

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 53C.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

"Cash sale price" means the price at which the seller would
in good faith sell to the buyer, and the buyer would in good faith buy from the seller, the
motor vehicle which is the subject matter of the retail installment contract, if such sale were
a sale for cash, instead of a retail installment sale. The cash sale price may include any taxes,
charges for delivery, servicing, repairing, or improving the motor vehicle, including
accessories and their installation, and any other charges agreed upon between the parties.
The cash price may deleted text begin notdeleted text end include a documentary fee or document administration fee deleted text begin in excess
of $75 for services actually rendered to, for, or on behalf of, the retail buyer in preparing,
handling, and processing documents relating to the motor vehicle and the closing of the
retail saledeleted text end new text begin authorized under section 168.27, subdivision 31new text end . deleted text begin "Documentary fee" and "document
administration fee" do not include an optional electronic transfer fee as defined under
subdivision 14.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.016, is amended to read:

The commissioner of natural resources deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end establish a program for the development
of bicycle trails utilizing the state trails authorized by section 85.015, other state parks and
recreation land, and state forests. "Bicycle trail," as used in this section, has the meaning
given in section 169.011. The program deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end be coordinated with the local park trail
grant program established by the commissioner pursuant to section 85.019, with the deleted text begin bikeway
programdeleted text end new text begin state bicycle routesnew text end established by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to
section deleted text begin 160.265deleted text end new text begin 160.266new text end , and with existing and proposed local bikeways. In the metropolitan
area as defined in section 473.121, the program deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end be developed in accordance with
plans and priorities established by the Metropolitan Council. The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must
new text end provide technical assistance to local units of government in planning and developing bicycle
trails in local parks. The bicycle trail program deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end , as a minimum, describe the
location, design, construction, maintenance, and land acquisition needs of each component
trail deleted text begin and shall give due consideration to the model standards for the establishment of
recreational vehicle lanes promulgated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to
section 160.262deleted text end . The program deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end be developed after consultation with the state trail
council and regional and local units of government and bicyclist organizations.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 117.189, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end Sections 117.031; 117.036; 117.055, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); 117.186; 117.187;
117.188; and 117.52, subdivisions 1a and 4, do not apply to the use of eminent domain
authority by public service corporations for any purpose other than construction or expansion
of:

(1) a high-voltage transmission line of 100 kilovolts or more, or ancillary substations;
deleted text begin or
deleted text end

(2) a natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products pipeline, or ancillary compressor
stations or pumping stationsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (3) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end For purposes of an award of appraisal fees under section 117.085, the fees awarded
may not exceed $1,500 for all types of property except for a public service corporation's
use of eminent domain fornew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end a high-voltage transmission line, where the award may not exceed $3,000new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (2) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line, where the award shall be as provided in
section 117.085new text end .

new text begin (c) new text end For purposes of this section, "pipeline" does not include a natural gas distribution
line transporting gas to an end user.

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path,
bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the exclusive
use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, subdivision 27, is amended to read:

The terms
"roadway," "bicycle lane," "bicycle route," new text begin and new text end "bicycle pathdeleted text begin ,deleted text end " deleted text begin and "bikeway"deleted text end have the
meanings given in section 169.011.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Shared use path" means a bicycle facility that is (1)
physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier, (2) located
within either the highway right-of-way or an independent right-of-way, and (3) available
for use by other nonmotorized users.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding chapter 14 and section
14.386, the commissioner must establish a concise, expedited process that allows an owner
or occupant of a property abutting a trunk highway to appeal a denial or revocation of an
access permit. The owner or occupant must initiate an appeal no later than 30 days after the
date the commissioner issues written notice of the denial or revocation of an access permit.
The process must provide the owner or occupant and Department of Transportation staff
the opportunity to present information supporting each party's respective position. The
hearing must be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned by the chief
administrative law judge. The administrative law judge must maintain a transcript of the
hearing and keep a record of all documents and data submitted at the hearing. Within 30
days of the hearing's conclusion, the administrative law judge must transmit to the
commissioner the record of the proceedings, along with a report and recommendation based
on the record made in the informal hearing. The commissioner must make a written decision
regarding the access permit.
new text end

new text begin (b) Section 15.99 does not apply to appeals under this subdivision.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end The legislature determines that it is in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare,
to provide for the addition of deleted text begin bicycle and recreational vehicle lanesdeleted text end new text begin bikewaysnew text end to proposed
and existing public highways. deleted text begin The commissioner of transportation shall adopt, in the manner
provided in chapter 14, model standards for the establishment of recreational vehicle lanes
on and along proposed and existing public highways. The model standards shall include
but not be limited to the following: (a) criteria for desirability of a lane in any given location,
(b) provision for maintenance of the lanes, and (c) the placement of the lanes in relation to
roads. The model standards shall govern state trunk highways.deleted text end new text begin The commissioner of
transportation is authorized to plan, design, establish, and maintain bikeways on the
right-of-way of any trunk highway. The commissioner is responsible for the design and
construction of all bikeway projects within the right-of-way of any trunk highway. The
commissioner must consider the development of bikeways during the planning, design,
construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any trunk highway, or allow the
establishment of such bikeways within trunk highway right-of-way.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must maintain bikeway design guidelines consistent with the state
transportation goals in section 174.01.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner must compile and maintain a map of bikeways in the state and
must publish and distribute the map's information at least once every two years in a form
and manner suitable to assist persons wishing to use the bikeways.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner must maintain bikeways within the limits of trunk highway
right-of-way unless a written agreement or limited use permit provides otherwise.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

The deleted text begin followingdeleted text end departments
and agencies deleted text begin shall cooperate in providingdeleted text end new text begin on the nonmotorized transportation advisory
committee identified in section 174.37 must providenew text end information and advice for deleted text begin amendments
to the model standardsdeleted text end new text begin the bikeway design guidelines maintainednew text end by the commissioner of
transportationdeleted text begin : the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Natural Resources,
Commerce, and Employment and Economic Development, and the Board of Water and Soil
Resourcesdeleted text end . The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United
States government, any department of the state of Minnesota, any unit of local government
deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin , any tribal government, ornew text end any public or private corporation in order to effect the purposes
of this section.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

For streets and highways,
the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end allow for the acceptance of performance-specification bids,
made by the lowest responsible bidder, for constructing design-build bridges for deleted text begin bicycle
paths, bicycle trails,deleted text end new text begin bikewaysnew text end and pedestrian facilities that are:

(1) designed and used primarily for nonmotorized transportation, but may allow for
motorized wheelchairs, golf carts, necessary maintenance vehicles and, when otherwise
permitted by law, rule, or ordinance, snowmobiles; and

(2) located apart from any road or highway or protected by barriers, provided that a
design-built bridge may cross over and above a road or highway.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin For the purposes of this section, "state bicycle
route" means a linear series of one or more roads or bikeways that is designated for bicycle
travel, regardless of whether for exclusive use by bicycles or shared use with other modes
of transportation.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The commissioner of transportation must identify state
bicycle routes primarily on existing road right-of-way and trails. State bicycle routes must
be identified in cooperation with road and trail authorities, including the commissioner of
natural resources, and with the advice of the advisory committee on nonmotorized
transportation under section 174.37. In a metropolitan area, state bicycle routes must be
identified in coordination with the plans and priorities established by metropolitan planning
organizations, as defined in United States Code, title 23, section 134.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner, in cooperation with
road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end :

(1) identify existing bikeways of regional significance that are in reasonable proximity
but not connected to the deleted text begin bikewaydeleted text end new text begin state bicycle routesnew text end established deleted text begin indeleted text end new text begin undernew text end this sectiondeleted text begin ,
including but not limited to the Lake Wobegon Trail in the counties of Stearns and Todddeleted text end ;
and

(2) support development of linkages between deleted text begin bikeways identified under clause (1) and
the bikewaydeleted text end new text begin state bicycle routesnew text end established deleted text begin indeleted text end new text begin undernew text end this section.

(b) The requirements of this subdivision are a secondary priority for use of funds available
under this section following establishment and enhancement of deleted text begin the bikewaydeleted text end new text begin state bicycle
routesnew text end under deleted text begin subdivision 1deleted text end new text begin this sectionnew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

The commissioner may contract and enter
into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin tribal
governments, ornew text end private entities to establish, develop, maintain, and operate deleted text begin the bikewaydeleted text end new text begin
state bicycle routesnew text end and to interpret associated natural and cultural resources.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

deleted text begin Bicycledeleted text end new text begin Shared usenew text end paths included within deleted text begin the bikewaydeleted text end new text begin state bicycle
routesnew text end and not administered by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding
from the environment and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the parks
and trails grant program under section 85.535, from the local recreation grants program
under section 85.019, subdivision 4b, and from other sources.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The Mississippi River Trail bikeway must originate
at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally parallel
the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in
Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk Rapids
in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St. Paul
in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha
in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston County to
Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminate. Where opportunities exist, the bikeway
may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish
a program designed to encourage businesses, civic groups, or individuals to voluntarily
assist with the improvement and maintenance of real property comprising the trunk highway
system, including bicycle and pedestrian trails, roadside monuments, and historic sites.
new text end

new text begin (b) All support provided by volunteers or vendors must be carried out in a manner
consistent with construction and maintenance plans approved by the commissioner after
consultation with the volunteers.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner may provide assistance to (1) enhance volunteer safety, and (2)
facilitate the implementation and administration of the sponsorship program.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may enter into volunteer agreements with
businesses, civic groups, or individuals to support, maintain, and make improvements to
real property included in the trunk highway system. Agreements under this section are not
subject to section 161.32.
new text end

new text begin (a) The volunteer support activities include but are not
limited to:
new text end

new text begin (1) work to create, protect, and enhance pollinator habitat along highway rights-of-way;
new text end

new text begin (2) work to pick up litter along roadsides;
new text end

new text begin (3) work to install enhancements, including landscaping materials, on trunk highway
property;
new text end

new text begin (4) financial support provided to the department for specific roadside improvements;
new text end

new text begin (5) financial support consisting of the sponsor hiring a professional landscape contractor
to install vegetation, maintain landscape plantings, or pick up litter, or for other similar
activities along a selected area of highway right-of-way; or
new text end

new text begin (6) installation of features that enhance the aesthetics of trunk highway property or the
amenities available to highway users.
new text end

new text begin (b) All volunteer support activities must have prior commissioner approval.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may erect signs to publicly
recognize and express appreciation to businesses, civic groups, and individuals that provide
volunteer funding or services under the sponsorship program.
new text end

new text begin Funds received
under this section must be deposited in the highway sponsorship program account, which
is created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided by law,
and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
Funds in the account are annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose specified
in the volunteer agreement.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must not take action under this section that
would result in the loss of federal highway funds or require payment of highway funds to
the federal government.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

(a) The trunk highway emergency
relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account is appropriated
to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an emergency, as defined
in section 161.32, subdivision 3, or under section 12A.16, subdivision 1.

(b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief
payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be credited to the
account. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, money in the account is available until spent. If
the balance of the account at the end of a fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000, the amount
above $10,000,000 must be canceled to the trunk highway fund.

deleted text begin (c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by September
1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation
policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details of payments made
from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account since the last report.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

(a) The flexible highway
account is created in the state treasury. Money in the account deleted text begin shall be useddeleted text end new text begin must be allocated
as followsnew text end :

(1) deleted text begin in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 100 percent of the excess sum, as calculated in
paragraph (i), and in fiscal years 2011 and thereafter, 50deleted text end new text begin 16new text end percent of the deleted text begin excess sum, as
calculated in paragraph (i),deleted text end new text begin amount available in the flexible highway accountnew text end for counties
in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, deleted text begin but for the purposes
of the calculation cities of the first class will be excluded in the metropolitan areadeleted text end new text begin distributed
proportionally based on the most recent estimate of county population excluding the
population of any city of the first classnew text end ; and

(2) of the amount available in the flexible highway account less the amount under clause
(1), as determined by the commissioner under this section for:

(i) restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to counties or to statutory or
home rule charter cities, or for trunk highways that will be restored and subsequently turned
back by agreement between the commissioner and the local road authority;

(ii) safety improvements on county highways, municipal highways, streets, or town
roads; and

(iii) routes of regional significance.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means the level of effort required to
improve the route that will be turned back to an acceptable condition as determined by
agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city before the route is turned
back.

(c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to restore highways that have been
or will be turned back. The commissioner shall determine, on a biennial basis, the percentage
of funds in the flexible highway account to be distributed to each district, and within each
district the percentage to be used for each of the purposes specified in paragraph (a). Money
in the account may be used for safety improvements and routes of regional significance
only after money is set aside to restore the identified turnbacks. The commissioner shall
make these determinations only after meeting and holding discussions with committees
selected by the statewide associations of both county commissioners and municipal officials.
The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, annually allocate 50 percent of the funds in
the flexible highway account to the department's metropolitan district, and 50 percent to
districts in greater Minnesota.

(d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted or
that will revert to cities must be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is
created in the state treasury.

(e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted or
that will revert to counties must be deposited in the county turnback account, which is
created in the state treasury.

(f) Money that will be used for safety improvements must be deposited in the highway
safety improvement account, which is created in the state treasury to be used as grants to
statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying the costs of
constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads to reduce crashes,
deaths, injuries, and property damage.

(g) Money that will be used for routes of regional significance must be deposited in the
routes of regional significance account, which is created in the state treasury, and used as
grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying the
costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads with
statewide or regional significance that have not been fully funded through other state, federal,
or local funding sources.

(h) As part of each biennial budget submission to the legislature, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin
must: (1)new text end describe how the money in the flexible highway account will be apportioned
among the county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, the trunk highway
fund for routes turned back to local governments by agreement, the highway safety
improvement account, and the routes of regional significance accountnew text begin ; and (2) specify the
turnback projects likely to be funded with the amounts available in the county turnback
account and municipal turnback account, and provide the cost associated with each projectnew text end .

deleted text begin (i) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within the flexible highway
account:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section 296A.07,
subdivision 3, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates in
excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon for E85
and M85 under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, and special fuel under section 296A.08,
subdivision 2;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section 168.013,
imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal year 2008,
multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for the calendar
year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average United States
Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the
percentage allocated to the flexible highway account in fiscal year 2007.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (j) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index identified
in paragraph (i), clause (2), is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
determined by the United States Department of Labor.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

(a) The deleted text begin commissioner shall establishdeleted text end eligibility requirements
for projects that can be funded under the programdeleted text begin . Eligibility must includedeleted text end new text begin arenew text end :

(1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 174.03;

(2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside of
the Department of Transportation metropolitan district;

(3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3;

(4) deleted text begin a maximumdeleted text end new text begin project construction work will commence within three years, or a longernew text end
length of timedeleted text begin ,deleted text end as determined by the commissionerdeleted text begin , until commencement of construction
work on the projectdeleted text end ; and

(5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable
amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with available
data.

(b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation improvement
program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does not apply to a
project that is programmed as result of selection under this section.

(c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway
deleted text begin capitaldeleted text end investment plan under section 174.03.

new text begin (d) For each project, the commissioner must consider all of the eligibility requirements
under paragraph (a). The commissioner is prohibited from considering any eligibility
requirement not specified under paragraph (a).
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end establish
a process deleted text begin for identification, evaluation, and selection ofdeleted text end new text begin to identify, evaluate, and selectnew text end
projects under the program.new text begin The process must be consistent with the requirements of this
subdivision and must not include any additional evaluation criteria.
new text end

(b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end annually accept
recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other
interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. new text begin The commissioner
must determine the eligibility new text end for each candidate project identified under this paragraphdeleted text begin ,
the commissioner shall determine eligibility, classify, and if appropriate, evaluate the project
for the programdeleted text end .new text begin For each eligible project, the commissioner must classify and evaluate the
project for the program, using all of the criteria established under paragraph (c).
new text end

(c) deleted text begin Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective
criteria, which must includedeleted text end new text begin Projects must be evaluated using all of the following criterianew text end :

(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible projects;

(2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness;

(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:

(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled, which
may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting trunk
and local highways; and

(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near the
project limits, or both;

(4) improvements to traffic safety;

(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other transportation
modes;

(6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy
objectives and principles; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding communitynew text begin ;
and
new text end

new text begin (8) regional balance throughout the statenew text end .

(d) new text begin The list of all projects evaluated must be made public and must include the score of
each project.
new text end

new text begin (e) new text end As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding to be
separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3, and may
apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each classification.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

(a) deleted text begin Starting in 2014,deleted text end Annually by November
1, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end electronically submit a report on the corridors of commerce
program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must include:

(1) a summary of the program, including a review of deleted text begin thedeleted text end new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (i)new text end project selection processnew text begin details that address program design and implementation,
decision-making proceduresnew text end , new text begin and new text end eligibility deleted text begin and criteria,deleted text end new text begin evaluation;
new text end

new text begin (ii) criteria measurement methodologies and criteria weighting used in project selection;
and
new text end

new text begin (iii) the policy that provides the weight given each criterion;
new text end

new text begin (2) a summary of program finance, includingnew text end funds expended in the previous selection
cycle,new text begin any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6,new text end and total funds expended
since program inception;

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end a deleted text begin listingdeleted text end new text begin listnew text end of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle,
including:

(i) project classification;

(ii) a breakdown of project costs and funding sources;new text begin and
new text end

(iii) deleted text begin any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (iv)deleted text end a briefnew text begin projectnew text end description that is comprehensible to a lay audience;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end a deleted text begin listingdeleted text end new text begin comprehensive listnew text end ofnew text begin evaluated projects andnew text end candidate project
recommendationsnew text begin asnew text end required under subdivision 5, paragraph (b), deleted text begin includingdeleted text end new text begin that identifies
for eachnew text end projectnew text begin : eligibility,new text end classificationnew text begin , evaluation results for each criterion, score,new text end and
disposition in the selection process; and

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program.

(b) deleted text begin Starting in 2016, anddeleted text end In every even-numbered year deleted text begin thereafterdeleted text end , the commissioner
deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts
and effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff or a
consultant. The individual or individuals performing the evaluation must have experience
in program evaluation, but must not be regularly involved in the program's implementation.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a report is not required in a year in which:
new text end

new text begin (1) no project selection was completed during the preceding 12 months; and
new text end

new text begin (2) an evaluation under paragraph (b) is not due.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.115, subdivision 190, is amended to read:

Beginning at a point on Statutory Route No. 100, at or near
Henderson; thence extending in a general southeasterly direction to a point deleted text begin on Statutory
Route No. 123,deleted text end at or near Le Sueur.

new text begin This section is effective the day after the commissioner of
transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner of transportation
and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative Route
No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under section 141,
paragraph (b).
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin That segment of marked U.S.
Highway 52 located within Dakota County is designated as "Senator Jim Metzen Memorial
Highway." Notwithstanding section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design
to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The commissioner may make or
cause to be made such studies and investigations as the commissioner deems necessary for
the purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design of trunk highways
from the standpoint of both present and future traffic needs, and in making such
determinations the commissioner may take into consideration the probable future
development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such development on future
traffic needs as indicated by such studies and investigations and the location and design
with respect to deleted text begin recreational vehicle lanedeleted text end new text begin bikewaynew text end establishment.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.321, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration
to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for participation
in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section. The commissioner may
promulgate other rules necessary to carry out this section.

deleted text begin (b) In addition to other eligibility requirements, a small targeted group business or
veteran-owned small business is eligible for the bid preferences under this section only for
eight years following the latest of:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) May 1, 2012;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) for a targeted group business, the date of initial certification by the commissioner of
administration, as provided under section 16C.19;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) for a veteran-owned small business, the date of initial certification by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs, as provided under section 16C.19, paragraph (d);
or
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) for a veteran-owned small business, the release or discharge of any one of the owners
from military active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, lasting for a period
of 179 days or longer.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.38, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin The commissioner must maintain
information on expenditures by local road authorities from local funding sources for trunk
highway system projects.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

If the larger tract has been
platted into lots or divided into smaller tracts and the commissioner elects to proceed under
this subdivision, deleted text begin or ifdeleted text end the lands constituted an entire tract and the person from whom the
lands were acquired and the person's spouse are deceased, or deleted text begin ifdeleted text end the offers as provided for
are not accepted and the amount of money not tendered within the time prescribed, the lands
may be sold and conveyed to thenew text begin owner of the land abutting upon the lands in the same
manner and under the same terms provided under subdivision 2, or the commissioner may
sell the lands to thenew text end highest responsible bidder upon three weeks' published notice of such
sale in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the general area where the
lands are located. All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like advertisement.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:

If the lands deleted text begin remain unsold after being
offered for sale to the highest bidderdeleted text end new text begin are withdrawn from sale under subdivision 6bnew text end , the
commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a buyer. The
sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the
appraised market value as determined by the commissioner. The broker's fee must be
established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not
exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be
paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin If lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the highest
bidder, the commissioner may offer the remaining lands to any person who agrees to pay
the minimum bid established for the public sale. The sale must continue until all eligible
lands have been sold or the commissioner withdraws the remaining lands from sale. The
lands to be sold must be listed on the department's Unsold Property Inventory list.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

(a) On passenger automobiles as defined in
section 168.002, subdivision 24, and hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax deleted text begin shall bedeleted text end new text begin
isnew text end $10 plus an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.

(b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base value" means the manufacturer's
suggested retail price of the vehicle including destination charge using list price information
published by the manufacturer or determined by the registrar if no suggested retail price
exists, and shall not include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment
separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.

(c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a single vehicle identification
number followed by various descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall
select from those listings only the lowest price for determining base value.

(d) If unable to determine the base value because the vehicle is specially constructed,
or for any other reason, the registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the
purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not including Minnesota sales
or use tax or any local sales or other local tax.

(e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its proper base value class as follows:

FROM		TO
$	0	$ 199.99
$	200	$ 399.99

and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets having a spread of $200
consisting of such number of classes as will permit classification of all vehicles.

(f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be the middle point between the
extremes of its class.

(g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new, of every passenger automobile
and hearse registered prior to the effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31,
using list price information published by the manufacturer or any nationally recognized
firm or association compiling such data for the automotive industry. If unable to ascertain
the base value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the registrar may use any
other available source or method. The registrar shall calculate tax using base value
information available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the application for
registration is submitted. The tax on all previously registered vehicles shall be computed
upon the base value thus determined taking into account the depreciation provisions of
paragraph (h).

(h) The annual additional tax must be computed upon a percentage of the base value as
follows: during the first year of vehicle life, upon 100 percent of the base value; for the
second year, 90 percent of such value; for the third year, 80 percent of such value; for the
fourth year, 70 percent of such value; for the fifth year, 60 percent of such value; for the
sixth year, 50 percent of such value; for the seventh year, 40 percent of such value; for the
eighth year, 30 percent of such value; for the ninth year, 20 percent of such value; for the
tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each succeeding year, the sum of $25.

(i) In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than $25.

(j) For any vehicle previously registered in Minnesotanew text begin and regardless of prior ownershipnew text end ,
the deleted text begin annual additional taxdeleted text end new text begin total amountnew text end due under this subdivision new text begin and subdivision 1m new text end must
not exceed the smallestnew text begin totalnew text end amount deleted text begin of annual additional taxdeleted text end previously paid or due on the
vehicle.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment, and
applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin In addition to the tax under subdivision 1a, a surcharge of
$75 is imposed for an all-electric vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 1a.
Notwithstanding subdivision 8, revenue from the fee imposed under this subdivision must
be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment, and
applies to a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

(a) When a motor vehicle registered under
section 168.017, a motorcycle, new text begin a motorized bicycle, new text end a one-ton pickup truck, or a self-propelled
recreational vehicle is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled
person or a custodial parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled deleted text begin minordeleted text end new text begin personnew text end ,
the owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary
permit valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this
section and (2) two disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the
front, and one to the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case
of a motorcyclenew text begin or a motorized bicyclenew text end , one disability plate the same size as a regular
motorcycle plate.

(b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a motorcycle
new text begin or a motorized bicycle new text end and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle
described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves
the issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.

(c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must submit
a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section 169.345, or
proof of physical disability provided for in that section.

(d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies for a
plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially modified
for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.

(e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i)
immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the disability
plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for the vehicle
if:

(1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify for
the disability plate or plates under this section; and

(2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

The commissioner shall design
and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle new text begin or a motorized
bicycle new text end that is the same size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems
to an eligible owner. The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol,
as designated in section 326B.106, subdivision 9, approximately three inches square. The
emblem must be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant
eligible for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized
by sections 168.013 and 168.09.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

(a) When ownership of a vehicle described in subdivision 1,
is transferred, the owner of the vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates. The buyer
of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates for the vehicle without
further cost for the remainder of the registration period.

(b) Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1, the disability plate or plates may be
transferred to a replacement vehicle on notification to the commissioner. However, the
disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement vehicle (1) is listed
under section 168.012, subdivision 1, and, in case of a single plate for a motorcyclenew text begin or a
motorized bicyclenew text end , the replacement vehicle is a motorcyclenew text begin or a motorized bicyclenew text end , and (2)
is owned or primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall issue retired law enforcement
license special plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
new text end

new text begin (1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
new text end

new text begin (2) is a retired peace officer as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c)
or (d);
new text end

new text begin (3) provides a letter from the chief law enforcement officer affirming that the applicant
is a retired peace officer who served ten or more years and separated in good standing;
new text end

new text begin (4) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates, along with any other fees required by this
chapter;
new text end

new text begin (5) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013; and
new text end

new text begin (6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and
licensing of drivers.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall design an emblem and inscription for the
special plates, in consultation with interested law enforcement agencies and organizations.
new text end

new text begin On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer
fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle
if the subsequent vehicle is:
new text end

new text begin (1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
new text end

new text begin (2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
new text end

new text begin Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section
168.1293, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special retired law
enforcement plates issued on or after that date.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must issue "Start Seeing
Motorcycles" special license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
new text end

new text begin (1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
new text end

new text begin (2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates;
new text end

new text begin (3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other fees
required by this chapter;
new text end

new text begin (4) contributes a minimum of $10 annually to the motorcycle safety fund, created under
section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1); and
new text end

new text begin (5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and
licensing of drivers.
new text end

new text begin The representatives of American Bikers for Awareness, Training, and
Education of Minnesota must design the special plate to contain the inscription "Start Seeing
Motorcycles" between the bolt holes on the bottom of the plate with a design area on the
left side of the plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer
fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle
if the subsequent vehicle is:
new text end

new text begin (1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
new text end

new text begin (2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
new text end

new text begin Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section
168.1293, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 3 are
credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
new text end

new text begin Contributions under this section must not be refunded.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special "Start Seeing
Motorcycles" plates issued on or after that date.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.27, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin (a) A motor vehicle dealer may not charge a documentary
fee or document administration fee in excess of the amounts provided under paragraph (b)
for services actually rendered to, for, or on behalf of the retail buyer or lessee to prepare,
handle, and process documents for the closing of a motor vehicle retail sale or lease. The
fee must be separately stated on the sales agreement maintained under Minnesota Rules,
part 7400.5200, and may be excluded from the dealer's advertised price.
new text end

new text begin (b) For motor vehicle sales or leases made on or after July 1, 2017, through June 30,
2020, the maximum fee is $100. For motor vehicle sales or leases made on or after July 1,
2020, the maximum fee is $125.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Documentary fee" and "document administration fee" do not include an optional
electronic transfer fee as defined under section 53C.01, subdivision 14.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause
discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city as the public
interest and convenience may require, without regard to whether the county auditor of the
county in which the city is situated has been appointed as the deputy registrar for the county
or has been discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without regard to whether
the county in which the city is situated has established a county license bureau that issues
motor vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.

(b) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for any
statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and convenience may require, if
the auditor for the county in which the city is situated chooses not to accept appointment
as the deputy registrar for the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or if the county
in which the city is situated has not established a county license bureau that issues motor
vehicle licenses as provided in section 373.32.

(c) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, the county auditor of
each county as a deputy registrar.

(d) Despite any other provision, a person other than a county auditor or a director of a
county license bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1, 1976, as a
deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city, may continue to serve as deputy
registrar and may be discontinued for cause only by the commissioner. The county auditor
who appointed the deputy registrars is responsible for the acts of deputy registrars appointed
by the auditor.

(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take and subscribe
an oath to faithfully discharge the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.

(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision is not an officer or employee
of a county or statutory or home rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give bond to
the state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required by the commissioner,
conditioned upon the faithful discharge of duties as deputy registrar.

(g) A corporation governed by chapter 302A or 317A may be appointed a deputy registrar.
Upon application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and the giving of the requisite
bond as provided in this subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
individual approved by the commissioner, a corporation named in an application then
becomes the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy registrar.

(h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision shall keep and maintain office
locations approved by the commissioner for the registration of vehicles and the collection
of taxes and fees on vehicles.

(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make reports to the commissioner as the
commissioner requires. The records must be maintained at the offices of the deputy registrardeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin
in a manner that complies with sections 13.05, subdivision 5, and 13.055. As an alternative
to paper copy storage, a deputy registrar may retain records and documents in a secure
electronic medium that complies with the security requirements under the United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Policy 5.4
or any successor policy, provided 60 days have elapsed since the transaction and subject to
standards established by the commissioner. The deputy registrar is responsible for all costs
associated with the conversion to electronic records and maintenance of the electronic
storage medium, including the destruction of existing paper records after conversion to the
electronic format. All queries and responses in the secure electronic medium, and all actions
in which data are entered, updated, accessed, or shared or disseminated by the deputy
registrar must be contained in a data audit trail. Data contained in the audit trail are public
to the extent the data are not otherwise classified under this section.new text end The records and offices
of the deputy registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of the commissioner or
the commissioner's agents. The deputy registrar shall report to the commissioner by the
next working day following receipt all registrations made and taxes and fees collected by
the deputy registrar.

(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be deposited in the treasury of the
place for which appointed or, if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the filing fee, but
the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed registration the deputy registrar has
collected the deputy registrar shall deposit by the next working day following receipt in an
approved state depository to the credit of the state through the commissioner of management
and budget. The place for which the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing
body must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel to carry out the duties
imposed by this subdivision if the deputy is a public official. In all other cases, the deputy
shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end In the event a
certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, deleted text begin ordeleted text end destroyednew text begin ,new text end or becomes illegible, the owner or
legal representative of the owner named in the certificate may deleted text begin makedeleted text end new text begin submit annew text end application
to the department or a deputy registrar for a duplicate in a format prescribed by the
department. The department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin or deputy registrar mustnew text end issue a duplicate certificate of
title if satisfied that the applicant is entitled deleted text begin theretodeleted text end new text begin to the duplicate certificate of titlenew text end . The
duplicate certificate of title deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be plainly marked as a duplicate and mailed or
delivered to the owner. The department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin or deputy registrar mustnew text end indicate in deleted text begin itsdeleted text end new text begin the
driver and vehicle information systemnew text end records that a duplicatenew text begin certificate of titlenew text end has been
issued. As a condition to issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the department may require
a bond from the applicant in the manner and format prescribed in section 168A.07,
subdivision 1, clause (2). The duplicate certificate of title deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end contain the legend:
"This duplicate certificate of title may be subject to the rights of a person under the original
certificate."

new text begin (b) On and after the effective date of this section, the commissioner must allow duplicate
certificate of title issuance by a deputy registrar, subject to procedures established by the
commissioner.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2018.
new text end

new text begin A natural person who is the owner of a
motor vehicle may have the motor vehicle titled in transfer-on-death or TOD form by
including in the application for the certificate of title a designation of a beneficiary or
beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle must be transferred on death of the owner or the
last survivor of joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of secured
parties.
new text end

new text begin A motor vehicle is registered in transfer-on-death
form by designating on the certificate of title the name of the owner and the names of joint
owners with identification of rights of survivorship, followed by the words "transfer-on-death
to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)." The designation "TOD" may be used instead of
"transfer-on-death." A title in transfer-on-death form is not required to be supported by
consideration, and the certificate of title in which the designation is made is not required to
be delivered to the beneficiary or beneficiaries in order for the designation to be effective.
If the owner of the motor vehicle is married at the time of the designation, the designation
of a beneficiary other than the owner's spouse requires the spouse's written consent.
new text end

new text begin The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries have
no interest in the motor vehicle until the death of the owner or the last survivor of joint
owners with rights of survivorship. A beneficiary designation may be changed at any time
by the owner or by all joint owners with rights of survivorship, without the consent of the
beneficiary or beneficiaries, by filing an application for a new certificate of title.
new text end

new text begin Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in
transfer-on-death form vests in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the death of
the owner or the last of the joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of
secured parties. The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive the owner
may apply for a new certificate of title to the motor vehicle upon submitting a certified death
record of the owner of the motor vehicle. If no transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries
survive the owner of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle must be included in the probate
estate of the deceased owner. A transfer of a motor vehicle to a transfer-on-death beneficiary
or beneficiaries is not a testamentary transfer.
new text end

new text begin (a) This section does not limit the rights of any secured
party or creditor of the owner of a motor vehicle against a transfer-on-death beneficiary or
beneficiaries.
new text end

new text begin (b) The state or a county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section 246.53,
256B.15, 261.04, or 270C.63 is a creditor for purposes of this subdivision. A claim authorized
by section 256B.15 against the estate of an owner of a motor vehicle titled in
transfer-on-death form voids any transfer-on-death conveyance of a motor vehicle as
described in this section. A claim or lien under section 246.53, 261.04, or 270C.63 continues
to apply against the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries after the transfer under this
section if other assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the amount of
the claim. The claim or lien continues to apply to the motor vehicle until the designated
beneficiary sells or transfers it to a person against whom the claim or lien does not apply
and who did not have actual notice or knowledge of the claim or lien.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.141, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end When a manufactured
home isnew text begin to be affixed or isnew text end affixed, as defined in section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph
(b), to real property, deleted text begin and financed by the giving of a mortgage on the real property,deleted text end the
owner of the manufactured home deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin maynew text end surrender the manufacturer's certificate of origin
or certificate of title to the department for cancellationdeleted text begin . The owner ofdeleted text end new text begin so thatnew text end the manufactured
home deleted text begin shall give the department the address and legal description of thedeleted text end new text begin becomes an
improvement tonew text end real propertydeleted text begin . The department may require the filing of other informationdeleted text end new text begin
and is no longer titled as personal propertynew text end . The department must not issue a certificate of
title for a manufactured home under chapter 168A if the manufacturer's certificate of origin
is or has been surrendered under this subdivision, except as provided in section 168A.142.
Upon surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title, the
department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end issue notice of surrender to the owner, and new text begin upon recording an affidavit
of affixation, which the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, must accept, new text end the
manufactured home is deemed to be an improvement to real property. deleted text begin The notice of surrender
may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or with the registrar of titles if the land
is registered but need not contain an acknowledgment.deleted text end new text begin An affidavit of affixation by the
owner of the manufactured home must include the following information:
new text end

new text begin (1) the name, residence address, and mailing address of owner or owners of the
manufactured home;
new text end

new text begin (2) the legal description of the real property in which the manufactured home is, or will
be, located;
new text end

new text begin (3) a copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title
and the notice of surrender;
new text end

new text begin (4) a written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county where
the manufactured home is located stating that all property taxes payable in the current year,
as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid, or are not
applicable;
new text end

new text begin (5) the name and address of the person designated by the applicant to record the original
affidavit of affixation with the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county where the
real property is located; and
new text end

new text begin (6) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before a
person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.
new text end

new text begin (b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (5), must record, or arrange for the
recording of, the affidavit of affixation, accompanied by the fees for recording and for
issuing a certified copy of the notice, including all attachments, showing the recording date.
Upon obtaining the certified copy of the notice under this paragraph, the person designated
in the affidavit must deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in which
the real property to which the manufactured home was affixed is located.
new text end

new text begin (c) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
if the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The department
has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the documents.
new text end

new text begin An affidavit of affixation must be in substantially the following
form and must contain the following information.
new text end

new text begin MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
new text end

new text begin PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.141
new text end

new text begin Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:
new text end

new text begin 1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin New/Used new text end	new text begin Year new text end	new text begin Manufacturer's Name new text end	new text begin Model Name or Model No. new text end	new text begin Manufacturer's Serial No. new text end	new text begin Length/Width new text end

new text begin 2. A copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of title is
attached.
new text end

new text begin 3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Driver and Vehicle Services is attached.
new text end

new text begin 4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin Street or Route . new text end	new text begin City . new text end	new text begin County . new text end	new text begin State . new text end	new text begin Zip Code . new text end

new text begin 5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached hereto:
new text end

.

new text begin 6. The homeowner is the owner of the land.
new text end

new text begin 7. The home is, or must be promptly upon delivery, anchored to the land by attachment to
a permanent foundation and connected to appropriate residential utilities (e.g., water, gas,
electricity, sewer).
new text end

new text begin 8. The homeowner intends that the home be an immovable permanent improvement to the
land, free of any personal property security interest.
new text end

new text begin 9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county
in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable in
the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph
(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached.
new text end

new text begin 10. The home must be assessed and taxed as an improvement to the land.
new text end

new text begin 11. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record the original
affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which
the real estate is located is:
new text end

new text begin Name . new text end
new text begin Street Address . new text end
new text begin City, State, Zip Code . new text end
new text begin Phone . new text end
new text begin E-mail . new text end

new text begin IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day of
......., 20...
new text end

new text begin . new text end	new text begin . new text end
new text begin Homeowner Signature new text end	new text begin Address new text end
new text begin . new text end	new text begin . new text end
new text begin Printed Name new text end	new text begin City, State new text end
new text begin . new text end
new text begin Homeowner Signature (if applicable) new text end
new text begin . new text end
new text begin Printed Name new text end

new text begin This instrument was drafted by, and when recorded return to:
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin . new text end
new text begin . new text end

new text begin Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......
new text end

new text begin ...................................................................... new text end
new text begin Signature of Notary Public or Other Official new text end

new text begin Notary Stamp or Seal
new text end

new text begin (optional)
new text end

new text begin Lender's Statement of Intent:
new text end

new text begin The undersigned ("lender") intends that the home be immovable and a permanent
improvement to the land free of any personal property security interest.
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin Lender new text end
new text begin By: . new text end
new text begin Authorized Signature new text end
new text begin STATE OF . ) new text end
new text begin . ) ss: new text end
new text begin COUNTY OF . ) new text end

new text begin On the ....... day of ....... in the year ....... before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and
for said state, personally appeared
new text end

.

new text begin personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person on behalf of
which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin Notary Signature new text end
new text begin . new text end
new text begin Notary Printed Name new text end
new text begin Notary Public, State of . new text end
new text begin Qualified in the County of . new text end
new text begin My commission expires . new text end

new text begin Official seal:
new text end

The
department may not cancel a certificate of title ifnew text begin , under this chapter,new text end a security interest has
been perfected on the manufactured home. If a security interest has been perfected, the
department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end notify the owner deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin thatnew text end each secured party deleted text begin that thedeleted text end new text begin must release or
satisfy the security interest prior to proceeding with surrender of the manufacturer's certificate
of origin ornew text end certificate of title deleted text begin and a description of the security interest have been surrendereddeleted text end
to the department deleted text begin and that the department will not cancel the certificate of title until the
security interest is satisfieddeleted text end new text begin for cancellationnew text end . Permanent attachment to real propertynew text begin or the
recording of an affidavit of affixationnew text end does not extinguish an otherwise valid security interest
in or tax lien on the manufactured homenew text begin , unless the requirements of section 168A.141,
subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2, including the release of any security interest, have been satisfiednew text end .

deleted text begin The manufacturer's certificate
of origin or the certificate of title need not be surrendered to the department under subdivision
1deleted text end When a perfected security interest existsnew text begin , or will exist,new text end on the manufactured home at the
time the manufactured home is affixed to real property, deleted text begin ifdeleted text end new text begin and the owner has not satisfied
the requirements of section 168A.141, subdivision 1,new text end the owner of the manufactured home
deleted text begin filesdeleted text end new text begin , or its secured party, may recordnew text end a notice with the county recorder, or with the registrar
of titles, if the land is registered, stating that the manufactured home located on the property
is encumbered by a perfected security interestnew text begin and is not an improvement to real propertynew text end .
The notice must state the name and address of the secured party as set forth on the certificate
of title, the legal description of the real property, and the name and address of the record
fee owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed. When the security
interest is released or satisfied, the secured party deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end attach a copy of the release or
satisfaction to a notice executed by the secured party containing the county recorder or
registrar of titles document number of the notice of security interest. The notice of release
or satisfaction must be deleted text begin fileddeleted text end new text begin recordednew text end with the county recorder, or registrar of titles, if the
land is registered. Neither the notice described in this subdivision nor the security interest
on the certificate of title is deemed to be an encumbrance on the real property. The notices
provided for in this subdivision need not be acknowledged.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.142, is amended to read:

The department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end issue an
initial certificate of title or reissue a previously surrendered certificate of title for a
manufactured home to an applicant if:

(1) fdeleted text begin or the purpose of affixing the manufactured home to real property,deleted text end the owner of the
manufactured home, or a previous owner, surrendered the manufacturer's certificate of
origin or certificate of title to the department as provided in section 168A.141, subdivision
1 deleted text begin or 2deleted text end ;

(2) the applicant providesnew text begin thenew text end written deleted text begin proofdeleted text end new text begin evidencenew text end specified in subdivision 2 deleted text begin that the
applicant owns (i) the manufactured home and (ii) the real property to which the
manufactured home was affixed as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph
(b)deleted text end ;

deleted text begin (3) the applicant provides proof that no liens exist on the manufactured home, including
liens on the real property to which it is affixed; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end the owner of the manufactured home deleted text begin meetsdeleted text end new text begin fulfillsnew text end thenew text begin applicablenew text end application
requirements of section 168A.04deleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end and

new text begin (4)new text end the application is accompanied by a written statement from the county auditor or
county treasurer of the county in which the manufactured home is then located and affixed,
stating that all property taxes payable in the current year, as provided under section 273.125,
subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid.

(a) The deleted text begin proofdeleted text end new text begin evidencenew text end required
under subdivision 1, deleted text begin clausesdeleted text end new text begin clausenew text end (2) deleted text begin and (3)deleted text end , is as follows:

(1) an affidavit of severance recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of
titles,new text begin which they shall accept, andnew text end whichever applies to the real property, of the county deleted text begin in
whichdeleted text end new text begin wherenew text end thenew text begin affidavit of affixation ornew text end notice of surrender was recorded deleted text begin underdeleted text end new text begin as required
innew text end section 168A.141, subdivision 1, and the affidavitnew text begin of severancenew text end contains:

(i) the name, residence address, and mailing address of the owner or owners of the
manufactured home;

(ii) a description of the manufactured homenew text begin being severednew text end , including the name of the
manufacturerdeleted text begin ; the make, model number, model year,deleted text end new text begin andnew text end dimensions, new text begin and if available, the
make, model year, new text end and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured homedeleted text begin ;deleted text end and deleted text begin whether
the manufactured home is new or useddeleted text end new text begin , such information as may be available from the
previously recorded affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender as required in section
168A.141, subdivision 1new text end ; and

(iii) a statement of any facts or information known to the person executing the affidavit
that could affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end the deleted text begin existence ordeleted text end
nonexistence of a security interest in the manufactured home deleted text begin or a lien on it, ordeleted text end new text begin , andnew text end a
statement that no such facts or information are known to the person executing the affidavit;

(2) as an attachment to the affidavit of severance, an opinion by an attorney admitted to
practice law in this state, stating:

(i) the nature of the examination of title performed prior to giving this opinion by the
person signing the opinion;

(ii) that the manufactured home and the real property on which it is located is not subject
tonew text begin , or pending completion of a refinance, purchase, or sale transaction, and will not be
subject tonew text end any recorded mortgages, security interests, liens, or other encumbrances of any
kind;

(iii) that the person signing the opinion knows of no facts or circumstances that could
affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or the existence or nonexistence of
any recorded mortgages, security interests, or other encumbrances of any kind, other than
property taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed;

(iv) the person or persons owning record title to the real property to which the
manufactured home has been affixed and the nature and extent of the title owned by each
of these persons; and

(v) that the person signing the opinion has reviewed all provisions of the affidavit of
severance and certifies that they are correct and complete to the best of the knowledge of
the person signing the opinion;

(3) the name and address of the person deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end persons designated by the applicant to file deleted text begin a
certified copy ofdeleted text end thenew text begin originalnew text end affidavit of severance with deleted text begin the county auditor of the county
in which the real estate is located, after the affidavit has been properly recorded in the office
ofdeleted text end the county recorder or county registrar of titles, whichever applies to the real property;
and

(4) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before a
person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.

(b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (3), deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end record, or arrange for
the recording of, the affidavit of severance as referenced in that item, accompanied by the
fees for recording and for issuing a certified copy of the affidavit, including all attachments,
showing the recording date.

(c) Upon obtaining the certified copy under paragraph (b), the person designated in the
affidavit deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in which
the real estate to which it was affixed is located.

(d) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
so long as the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The
department has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the
documents.

new text begin The affidavit of severance must be in substantially the following
form and must contain the following information.
new text end

new text begin MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE
new text end

new text begin PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.142
new text end

new text begin Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:
new text end

new text begin 1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:
new text end

.
new text begin New/Used new text end	new text begin Year new text end	new text begin Manufacturer's Name new text end	new text begin Model Name or Model No. new text end	new text begin Manufacturer's Serial No. new text end	new text begin Length/Width new text end

new text begin 2. A copy of the previously surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of
title is attached (if available).
new text end

new text begin 3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Driver and Vehicle Services is attached (if available).
new text end

new text begin 4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":
new text end

.
new text begin Street or Route . new text end	new text begin City . new text end	new text begin County . new text end	new text begin State . new text end	new text begin Zip Code . new text end

new text begin 5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached:
new text end

.

new text begin 6. The homeowner does not know of any facts or information that could affect the validity
of title of the manufactured home, except:
new text end

.

new text begin 7. The homeowner does not know of any such security interest in the manufactured home
which has not been satisfied or released.
new text end

new text begin 8. A copy of an opinion by an attorney admitted to practice law in Minnesota is attached,
which provides for the required title evidence as set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section
168A.142, subdivision 2, clause (2), items (i) to (v).
new text end

new text begin 9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county
in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable in
the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph
(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached.
new text end

new text begin 10. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record the original
affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which
the real estate is located is:
new text end

new text begin Name . new text end
new text begin Street Address . new text end
new text begin City, State, Zip Code . new text end
new text begin Phone . new text end
new text begin E-mail . new text end

new text begin IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day of
......., 20...
new text end

.	.
new text begin Homeowner Signature new text end	new text begin Address new text end
.	.
new text begin Printed Name new text end	new text begin City, State new text end
.
new text begin Homeowner Signature (if applicable) new text end
.
new text begin Printed Name new text end

new text begin This instrument was drafted by, and when recorded return to:
new text end

new text begin . new text end
new text begin . new text end

new text begin Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......
new text end

......................................................................

Signature of Notary Public or Other Official

new text begin Notary Stamp or Seal
new text end

new text begin When an applicant
is unable to obtain from or locate previous owners no longer holding an interest in the
manufactured home based on a certificate of title, or to locate, obtain, or produce the original
certificate of origin or certificate of title for a manufactured home, and there is no evidence
of a surrendered certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin as provided in
section 168A.141, subdivision 1, which has not otherwise been unaffixed or is being
unaffixed as provided in section 168A.142, the department must issue or reissue a certificate
of title to a manufactured home when the applicant submits:
new text end

new text begin (1) the application, pursuant to the requirements of section 168A.04, in a form prescribed
by the department;
new text end

new text begin (2) an affidavit that:
new text end

new text begin (i) identifies the name of the manufacturer and dimensions, and if available, the make,
model number, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home;
and
new text end

new text begin (ii) certifies the applicant is the owner of the manufactured home, has physical possession
of the manufactured home, knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the
validity of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, and provides
copies of such ownership documents, so far as the documents exist, including by way of
example:
new text end

new text begin (A) bill of sale;
new text end

new text begin (B) financing, replevin, or foreclosure documents;
new text end

new text begin (C) appraisal;
new text end

new text begin (D) insurance certification;
new text end

new text begin (E) personal property tax bill;
new text end

new text begin (F) landlord certification;
new text end

new text begin (G) affidavit of survivorship or estate documents;
new text end

new text begin (H) divorce decree; or
new text end

new text begin (I) court order;
new text end

new text begin (3) an affidavit by an attorney admitted to practice law in this state stating:
new text end

new text begin (i) the attorney has performed a search of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Driver and Vehicles Services records within 120 days of the date of application to obtain a
certificate of origin or certificate of title on behalf of the applicant, but was unable to
determine the names or locations of one or more owners or prior owners of the manufactured
home;
new text end

new text begin (ii) if applicable, the attorney was unable to successfully contact one or more owners,
or prior owners, after providing written notice 45 days prior to the registered and last known
owner by certified mail at the address shown on Driver and Vehicles Services records, or
if the last known address if different from Driver and Vehicles Services records, then also
the last known address as known to the applicant;
new text end

new text begin (iii) if the attorney is unable to contact one or more owners, or previous owners, by
sending a letter by certified mail, then the attorney must present to the department, as an
attachment to its affidavit, the returned letter as evidence of the attempted contact, or the
acknowledgment of receipt of the letter, together with an affidavit of nonresponse; and
new text end

new text begin (iv) the attorney knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the validity
of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, other than property
taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed; and
new text end

new text begin (4) payment for required current year taxes and fees as prescribed by the department.
new text end

new text begin A security interest
perfected under this chapter may be canceled seven years from the perfection date for a
manufactured home, upon the request of the owner of the manufactured home, if the owner
has paid the lien in full or the lien has been abandoned and the owner is unable to locate
the lienholder to obtain a lien release. The owner must send a letter to the lienholder by
certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the reason for the release and requesting a
lien release. If the owner is unable to obtain a lien release by sending a letter by certified
mail, then the owner must present to the department the returned letter as evidence of the
attempted contact, or the acknowledgment of receipt of the letter, together with a copy of
the letter and an owner affidavit of nonresponse.
new text end

new text begin (a) Pursuant to section 168A.23, the
department may revoke a previously issued certificate of title issued under this section.
new text end

new text begin (b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents submitted to the department under this section,
provided the documents submitted appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The
department is not required to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in submitted
documents.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin (a) "All-electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle that
is solely able to be powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage
batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current.
new text end

new text begin (b) All-electric vehicle excludes a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment, and
applies to a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.011, subdivision 34, is amended to read:

(a) "Head Start bus" means a motor vehicle used to transport
children and parents to or from a Head Start facility, or to or from Head Start-related
activities, by the Head Start grantee, or by someone under an agreement with the Head Start
grantee. A Head Start bus does not include a motor vehicle transporting children or parents
to or from a Head Start facility for which parents or guardians receive direct compensation
from a Head Start grantee, a motor coach operating under charter carrier authority, or a
transit bus providing services as defined in section 174.22, subdivision 7. A Head Start bus
may be a type A, B, C, or D busdeleted text begin or type III vehicle, as described in subdivision 71deleted text end .

(b) A Head Start bus manufactured after December 31, 1994, must meet the same
standards as a type A, B, C, or D school bus, except that a Head Start bus is not required to
be equipped with the warning signals required for a school bus under section 169.442,
subdivision 1. A Head Start bus new text begin that is not equipped as a school bus new text end must be painted colors
other than national school bus yellow.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.011, subdivision 47, is amended to read:

"Neighborhood electric vehicle" means an
electrically powered motor vehicle that has new text begin three or new text end four wheels, and has a speed attainable
in one mile of at least 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles per hour on a paved
level surface.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
in this section, the speed limit on St. Louis County Road 128 in Eagles Nest Township
between marked Trunk Highway 169 and County Road 989 is 40 miles per hour. The county
engineer must erect appropriate signs displaying the 40 miles per hour speed limit.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. The
new speed limit is effective when the required signs are erected.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

(a) No vehicle shall be driven to
the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic
for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made
without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite
direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to the
right-hand side of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle approaching
from the opposite direction.

(b) Except on a one-way roadway, no vehicle shall, in overtaking and passing another
vehicle or at any other time, be driven to the left half of the roadway under the following
conditions:

(1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the
driver's view along the highway is obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;

(2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or tunnel, railroad grade crossing,
intersection within a city, or intersection outside of a city if the presence of the intersection
is marked by warning signs; or

(3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing, or a distinctive centerline is
marked, which distinctive line also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (3), a motor vehicle may be driven to the left
side of the roadway to safely overtake a bicycle under the following circumstances:
new text end

new text begin (1) the bicycle is proceeding in the same direction as the motor vehicle;
new text end

new text begin (2) the driver of the motor vehicle either (i) provides a safe clearance distance, in no
case less than the greater of three feet or one-half the width of the motor vehicle, or (ii)
completely enters the left lane of the highway;
new text end

new text begin (3) the operator of the bicycle is not (i) making a left turn, or (ii) signaling that the bicycle
operator intends to make a left turn; and
new text end

new text begin (4) the driver of the motor vehicle complies with all other applicable requirements under
this section.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

When any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly
marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith,
shall apply:

(a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and
shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement
can be made with safety.

(b) Upon a roadway which is not a one-way roadway and which is divided into three
lanes, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing
another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic
within a safe distance, or in preparation for a left turn or where such center lane is at the
time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding, and
is signposted to give notice of such allocation. The left lane of a three-lane roadway which
is not a one-way roadway shall not be used for overtaking and passing another vehicle.

(c) Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated lane
or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers of vehicles
shall obey the directions of every such sign.

(d) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person operating
a motor vehicle on such roadway shall not drive in the bicycle lane except to perform parking
maneuvers in order to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave the highway, deleted text begin ordeleted text end to
prepare for a turn as provided in section 169.19, subdivision 1new text begin , or to stop a school bus for
the purpose of receiving or discharging any person provided the school bus is equipped and
identified as provided in sections 169.441 and 169.442, subdivision 1, and the flashing red
signals are activated and stop-signal arm is extendednew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.224, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end A neighborhood electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric
vehicle may not be operated on a street or highway with a speed limit greater than 35 miles
per hour, except to make a direct crossing of that street or highway.

new text begin (b) A person may operate a three-wheeled neighborhood electric vehicle without a
two-wheeled vehicle endorsement, provided the person has a valid driver's license issued
under chapter 171.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

(a) A vehicle described in section 168.021, subdivision
1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this section or that
bears the disability plate or plates issued under section 168.021 may be parked by or solely
for the benefit of a physically disabled person:

(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section 169.346;

(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without time
restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and

(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise allowed
for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does not
specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.

A person may park the vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space described
in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled person for the
sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable distance from
the drop-off point.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it is displayed
so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging it from the
rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in the case of a
motorcyclenew text begin or a motorized bicyclenew text end , is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror
or if the certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the mirror, the
certificate must be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. No part of the certificate may
be obscured.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not permit
parking in areas prohibited by sections 169.32 and 169.34, in designated no parking spaces,
or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local governmental unit
may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create a fire lane, or to
accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and these ordinances
also apply to physically disabled persons.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately, a
permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under this section
and (2) an identifying certificate for a vehicle described in section 168.021, subdivision 1,
paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of physical disability
under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate certificates for persons with
permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily distinguished from each other from
outside a vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or, in the case of a motorcyclenew text begin or a motorized
bicyclenew text end , can be readily secured to the motorcyclenew text begin or motorized bicyclenew text end . An applicant may
be issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates under
section 168.021.

(b) The operator of a vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking privileges provided
in subdivision 1 only while the vehicle is actually parked while transporting a physically
disabled person.

(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails to
comply with the requirements of this subdivision.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.442, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

deleted text begin (a)
deleted text end Notwithstanding section 169.55, subdivision 1, or 169.57, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or
other law to the contrary, a school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment
requirements of subdivision 1 and section 169.441, subdivision 1, or a Head Start bus deleted text begin that
is not a type III vehicle defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71deleted text end , may be equipped with
a flashing strobe lamp. deleted text begin The lamp may be used only as provided in this subdivision.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) The lamp must be permanently mounted on the longitudinal centerline of the bus
roof not less than two feet forward of the rear roof edge.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) The strobe lamp may be lighted only when atmospheric conditions or terrain restrict
the visibility of school bus lamps and signals or Head Start bus lamps and signals so as to
require use of the bright strobe lamp to alert motorists to the presence of the school bus or
Head Start bus. A strobe lamp may not be lighted unless the school bus or Head Start bus
is actually being used as a school bus or Head Start bus.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.443, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

(a) The stop-signal arm system of a school bus must
be used in conjunction with the flashing red signals only when the school bus is stopped on
a street or highway to load or unload school children.

(b) A local authority, including the governing body of an Indian tribe, may by ordinance
require that a school bus activate the stop-signal arm system and flashing red signals while
stopped to unload school children at a location other than a location on a street or highway.
The ordinance must designate each location where the requirement is imposed. The
requirement is effective only if the local authority has erected signs at or near the location
to provide adequate notice that other vehicles are required to obey section 169.444,
subdivision 1, when those signals are activated.

new text begin (c) A school bus driver is prohibited from loading or unloading passengers in a designated
right-turn lane or in a lane immediately adjacent to a designated right-turn lane unless:
new text end

new text begin (1) a school bus stop designated by the district transportation safety director is located
in the right-turn lane;
new text end

new text begin (2) the driver stops the bus at the extreme right side of the right-turn lane; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the driver activates the prewarning flashing amber signals, flashing red signals, and
stop-signal arm, unless the school board or its designee, based on safety considerations,
provides written direction to the driver not to do so.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

(a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or
to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than deleted text begin $300deleted text end new text begin $500new text end .

(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor vehicle
or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, and
commits either or both of the following acts:

(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
passenger-door side of the bus; or

(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is
outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to violations
committed on and after that date.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.449, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules governing
the operation of school buses used for transportation of school children, when owned or
operated by a school or privately owned and operated under a contract with a schooldeleted text begin , and
these rules must be made a part of that contract by referencedeleted text end . Each school, its officers and
employees, and each person employed under the contract is subject to these rules.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4501, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Except as provided in sections 169.4502
and 169.4503, the construction, design, equipment, and color of types A, B, C, D school
buses and multifunction school activity buses used for the transportation of school children
shall meet the requirements of the "bus body and chassis specifications" in the deleted text begin 2010deleted text end new text begin most
recentnew text end edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures" adopted
by the National Congress on School Transportation. Except as provided in section 169.4504,
the construction, design, and equipment of types A, B, C, D school buses and multifunction
school activity buses used for the transportation of students with disabilities also shall meet
the requirements of the "specially equipped school bus specifications" in the deleted text begin 2010deleted text end National
School Transportation Specifications and Procedures. The "bus body and chassis
specifications" and "specially equipped school bus specifications" sections of the deleted text begin 2010deleted text end new text begin most
recentnew text end edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures,"
adopted by the deleted text begin Fifteenthdeleted text end National Congress on School Transportation, are incorporated by
reference in this chapter.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

(a) The standards adopted in this section and sections 169.4502
and 169.4503, govern the construction, design, equipment, and color of school buses used
for the transportation of school children, when owned or leased and operated by a school
or privately owned or leased and operated under a contract with a school. Each school, its
officers and employees, and each person employed under the contract is subject to these
standards.

(b) The standards apply to school buses manufactured after deleted text begin December 31, 2012deleted text end new text begin August
1 of the year following a year in which a revised edition of the National School Transportation
Specifications and Procedures is adoptednew text end . Buses complying with the standards when
manufactured need not comply with standards established later except as specifically provided
for by law.

(c) A school bus manufactured on or before deleted text begin December 31, 2012,deleted text end new text begin the date provided by
paragraph (b)new text end must conform to the Minnesota standards in effect on the date the vehicle
was manufactured except as specifically provided for in law.

(d) A new bus body may be remounted on a used chassis provided that the remounted
vehicle meets state and federal standards for new buses which are current at the time of the
remounting. Permission must be obtained from the commissioner of public safety before
the remounting is done. A used bus body may not be remounted on a new or used chassis.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

new text begin Upon request, new text end a body manufacturerdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ornew text end school bus dealerdeleted text begin , or
certified Minnesota commercial vehicle inspector who is also an employee of an organization
purchasing a school bus shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end provide preliminary certification to the Department of
Public Safety that the product meets Minnesota standards. deleted text begin Final certification will be granted
within 30 days upon reinspection by the Department of Public Safety.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

The metal floor deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be covered with plywood. The
plywood deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be deleted text begin at least 19/32deleted text end new text begin five-ply nominal five-eighthsnew text end inches thick, and must
equal or exceed properties of exterior-type softwood plywood, grade C-D, as specified in
deleted text begin productdeleted text end new text begin thenew text end standard deleted text begin PSI-I83deleted text end issued by the United States Department of Commerce.new text begin All of
the plywood's exposed edges must be sealed. Type A-I buses must be equipped with nominal
one-half inch thick plywood or an equivalent material that meets the requirements of this
subdivision. Equivalent material may be used to replace plywood, provided it has insulation
R value, deterioration, sound abatement, and moisture resistance properties that are equal
to or exceed the properties of the plywood it is replacing.new text end The floor deleted text begin shall deleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be level from
front to back, and side to side, except in wheel housing, toe board, and driver's seat platform
areas.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end Thermal insulation is required. It shall be fire-resistant, UL
approved, with minimum R-value of 5.5. Insulation shall be installed so as to prevent
sagging.

deleted text begin (b) Floor insulation is required. It shall be five-ply nominal five-eighths-inch-thick
plywood, and shall equal or exceed properties of the exterior-type softwood plywood, C-D
Grade, as specified in the standard issued by United States Department of Commerce. All
exposed edges on plywood shall be sealed. Type A-I buses shall be equipped with nominal
one-half-inch-thick plywood or equivalent material meeting the above requirements.
Equivalent material may be used to replace plywood, provided it has an equal or greater
insulation R value, deterioration, sound abatement, and moisture resistance properties.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end Windshield, entrance, and rear emergency exit doors must be
of approved safety glass. Laminated or tempered glass (AS-2 or AS-3) is permitted in all
other windows. All glass shall be federally approved and marked as provided in section
169.74. The windshield may be of uniform tint throughout or may have a horizontal gradient
band starting slightly above the line of vision and gradually decreasing in light transmission
to 20 percent or less at the top of the windshield.

new text begin (b) new text end The use of tinted glass, as approved by section 169.71, is permitted on side windows
and rear windows except for the entrance doordeleted text begin , the first window behind the service door,deleted text end
and the window to the left of the driver. The window to the left of the driverdeleted text begin , deleted text end new text begin andnew text end the upper
service door windowsdeleted text begin , and the window immediately behind the entrance doordeleted text end must be
thermal glass.new text begin Regardless of a bus's date of manufacture, the window immediately behind
the entrance door does not need to be made of thermal glass.new text end The window to the left of the
driver for type A buses need not be thermal glass.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 30, is amended to read:

Camera heads for video or mobile
surveillance may be mounted in the driver compartment area, midbus, or on a rear interior
bulkhead in the student passenger area. For buses manufactured or retrofitted with a
surveillance system after December 31, 2012, cameras mounted midbus must be parallel
to a seat back, must not have any sharp edges, must not extend outward more than deleted text begin three
deleted text end new text begin 3-1/2new text end inches, and must be located within 24 inches of the top of the side window of the bus.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.64, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

(a) Notwithstanding sections 169.55, subdivision 1; 169.57,
subdivision 3, paragraph (b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped
with a 360-degree flashing strobe lamp that emits a white light with a flash rate of 60 to
120 flashes a minute, and the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if the vehicle
is:

(1) a school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment requirements of
sections 169.441, subdivision 1, and 169.442, subdivision 1, or a Head Start bus deleted text begin that is not
a type III vehicle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71deleted text end . The lamp deleted text begin shall be
permanently mounted on the longitudinal centerline of the bus roof not less than two feet
nor more than seven feet forward of the rear roof edge. It shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end operate from a separate
switch containing an indicator lamp to show when the strobe lamp is in usedeleted text begin . The strobe
lamp may be lighted only when atmospheric conditions or terrain restrict the visibility of
school bus lamps and signals or Head Start bus lamps and signals so as to require use of
the bright strobe lamp to alert motorists to the presence of the school bus or Head Start bus.
A strobe lamp may not be lighted unless the school bus or Head Start bus is actually being
used as a school bus or Head Start busdeleted text end ; or

(2) a road maintenance vehicle owned or under contract to the Department of
Transportation or a road authority of a county, home rule or statutory city, or town, but the
strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged in snow removal
during daylight hours.

(b) Notwithstanding sections 169.55, subdivision 1; 169.57, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped with a 360-degree flashing
strobe lamp that emits an amber light with a flash rate of 60 to 120 flashes a minute, and
the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if the vehicle is a rural mail carrier
vehicle, provided that the strobe lamp is mounted at the highest practicable point on the
vehicle. The strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged during
daylight hours in the delivery of mail to residents on a rural mail route.

(c) A strobe lamp authorized by this section shall be of a double flash type certified to
the commissioner of public safety by the manufacturer as being weatherproof and having
a minimum effective light output of 200 candelas as measured by the Blondel-Rey formula.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive
or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on a highway
a vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in sections 169.80
to 169.88, or otherwise in violation of sections 169.80 to 169.88, other than section 169.81,
subdivision 5a, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles as prescribed in sections
169.80 to 169.88 shall be lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall have no
power or authority to alter these limitations except as express authority may be granted in
sections 169.80 to 169.88.

(b) When all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles are weighed separately
the sum of the weights of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight
of the vehicle or combination of vehicles so weighed.

(c) When each of the axles of any group that contains two or more consecutive axles of
a vehicle or combination of vehicles have been weighed separately the sum of the weights
of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight on the group of axles so
weighed.

(d) When, in any group of three or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination
of vehicles any axles have been weighed separately and two or more axles consecutive to
each other in the group have been weighed together, the sum of the weights of the axles
weighed separately and the axles weighed together shall be evidence of the total gross weight
of the group of axles so weighed.

(e) The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 governing size, weight, and load deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin
donew text end not apply deleted text begin to a fire apparatus, ordeleted text end to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit
issued as provided by law.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.829, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88
governing size, weight, and load do not apply to a fire apparatus, a law enforcement special
response vehicle, or a licensed land emergency ambulance service vehicle.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.864, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin (a) The commissioner may issue a permit
authorizing a vehicle used exclusively to haul earthmover tires, if the vehicle:
new text end

new text begin (1) is a combination of vehicles with seven or more axles, consisting of a truck with
loader and trailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly;
new text end

new text begin (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
new text end

new text begin (3) has a maximum width of 144 inches;
new text end

new text begin (4) does not exceed the axle weight limits in sections 169.823, subdivision 1, clause (2),
and 169.824, by more than 22 percent;
new text end

new text begin (5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823, or the tire manufacturer's
recommended load, whichever is less; and
new text end

new text begin (6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5).
new text end

new text begin (b) The seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, do
not apply to permits issued under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.864, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Vehicles issued permits under subdivisions 1 deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 2new text begin , and 2a, new text end
must comply with the following restrictions:

(1) the vehicle must be operated in compliance with seasonal load restrictions under
section 169.87;

(2) the vehicle may not be operated on the interstate highway system; and

(3) the vehicle may be operated on streets or highways under the control of local
authorities only upon the approval of the local authority; however, vehicles may have
reasonable access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest and for continuity
of route within one mile of the national network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision
3, and by Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.19.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.864, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Vehicle permits issued under subdivision 1, clause
(1), must be annual permits. The fee is $850 for each vehicle combination and must be
deposited in the trunk highway fund. The fee for annual permits issued under subdivision
2 is $300 for a 90,000-pound vehicle combination or $500 for a 97,000-pound vehicle
combination. new text begin The fee for annual permits issued under subdivision 2a is $850. new text end An amount
sufficient to administer the permit program is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to
the commissioner for the costs of administering the permit program.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating
under this section:

(1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1;

(2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87;

(3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84;

(4) may only be operated on paved streets and highways other than interstate highways;

(5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating complying
with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;

(6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road on
which the vehicle is operated, if required;

(7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and

(8) must have brakes on all wheels.

(b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished
forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of
unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013,
subdivision 3, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles
operated under this section.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or combination of vehicles
hauling fluid milk under a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation may also
operate on interstate highways as provided under United States Code, title 23, section 127.
new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "road construction materials"
means street or highway construction materials, including but not limited to aggregate
material as defined in section 298.75, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), hot mix asphalt, plastic
concrete, cementitious materials, concrete admixtures, asphalt cement, and recycled road
materials.
new text end

new text begin (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit authorizing
a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six or more axles to haul road construction
materials and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
new text end

new text begin (1) 90,000 pounds; and
new text end

new text begin (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826,
subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin (b) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300, or a proportional amount
as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit authorizing
a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven or more axles to haul road
construction materials and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
new text end

new text begin (1) 97,000 pounds; and
new text end

new text begin (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826,
subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin (b) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500, or a proportional amount
as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating under
this section:
new text end

new text begin (1) may only be operated on paved or unpaved streets and highways, other than interstate
highways;
new text end

new text begin (2) must comply with the requirements and restrictions in section 169.865, subdivision
3, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), (5), (7), and (8); and
new text end

new text begin (3) must be operated in compliance with truck route requirements and vehicle weight
restrictions, as established under section 169.87, subdivision 1, by a local road authority or
the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Revenue from the permits issued by the commissioner under this
section must be deposited in the bridge inspection and signing account under section 169.86,
subdivision 5b.
new text end

new text begin Upon request of the permit applicant, the expiration date for
a permit issued under this section must be the same as the expiration date of the permitted
vehicle's registration.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must make information available to
local road authorities on an Internet Web site that identifies permit issuances under this
section and the counties in which a vehicle with a permit is intended to be operated.
new text end

new text begin A local road authority may identify local preferred
routes for operating a vehicle on local streets and highways under a permit issued in this
section. A holder of a permit issued in this section and any person seeking to apply for a
permit are encouraged to:
new text end

new text begin (1) upon request of a local road authority, provide comment on identification of preferred
routes; and
new text end

new text begin (2) make reasonable efforts to operate a vehicle on the preferred routes when operating
under the permit.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.02, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2,
the holder of a class A, B, C, or D driver's license, without a school bus endorsement, may
operate a type III vehicle described in section 169.011, subdivision 71, paragraph (h), under
the conditions in deleted text begin paragraphs (b) through (o)deleted text end new text begin this subdivisionnew text end .

(b) The operator is an employee of the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the school
bus.

(c) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for
annual training and certification of the operator in:

(1) safe operation of a type III vehicle;

(2) understanding student behavior, including issues relating to students with disabilities;

(3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the bus and handling incidents of
misconduct appropriately;

(4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school bus
safety policies;

(5) handling emergency situations;

(6) proper use of seat belts and child safety restraints;

(7) performance of pretrip vehicle inspections;

(8) safe loading and unloading of students, including, but not limited to:

(i) utilizing a safe location for loading and unloading students at the curb, on the nontraffic
side of the roadway, or at off-street loading areas, driveways, yards, and other areas to
enable the student to avoid hazardous conditions;

(ii) refraining from loading and unloading students in a vehicular traffic lane, on the
shoulder, in a designated turn lane, or a lane adjacent to a designated turn lane;

(iii) avoiding a loading or unloading location that would require a pupil to cross a road,
or ensuring that the driver or an aide personally escort the pupil across the road if it is not
reasonably feasible to avoid such a location;

(iv) placing the type III vehicle in "park" during loading and unloading; and

(v) escorting a pupil across the road under item (iii) only after the motor is stopped, the
ignition key is removed, the brakes are set, and the vehicle is otherwise rendered immobile;
and

(9) compliance with paragraph (k), concerning reporting certain convictions to the
employer within ten days of the date of conviction.

(d) A background check or background investigation of the operator has been conducted
that meets the requirements under section 122A.18, subdivision 8, or 123B.03 for school
district employees; section 144.057 or chapter 245C for day care employees; or section
171.321, subdivision 3, for all other persons operating a type III vehicle under this
subdivision.

(e) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as required by section 171.321,
subdivision 2.

(f) The operator's employer requires preemployment drug testing of applicants for
operator positions. Current operators must comply with the employer's policy under section
181.951, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the operator's
employer may use a Breathalyzer or similar device to fulfill random alcohol testing
requirements.

(g) The operator's driver's license is verified annually by the entity that owns, leases, or
contracts for the type III vehicle as required under section 171.321, subdivision 5.

(h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 609.02, of violating
section 169A.25, 169A.26, 169A.27, or 169A.31, or whose driver's license is revoked under
sections 169A.50 to 169A.53 of the implied consent law, or who is convicted of violating
or whose driver's license is revoked under a similar statute or ordinance of another state, is
precluded from operating a type III vehicle for five years from the date of conviction.

(i) A person who has ever been convicted of a disqualifying offense as defined in section
171.3215, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may not operate a type III vehicle under this
subdivision.

(j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 609.02, of a moving
offense in violation of chapter 169 within three years of the first of three other moving
offenses is precluded from operating a type III vehicle for one year from the date of the last
conviction.

(k) An operator who sustains a conviction as described in paragraph (h), (i), or (j) while
employed by the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the school bus, shall report the
conviction to the employer within ten days of the date of the conviction.

(l)new text begin An operator of a type III vehicle whose driver's license is suspended, revoked,
canceled, or disqualified by Minnesota, another state, or another jurisdiction must notify
the operator's employer in writing of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, lost privilege,
or disqualification. The operator must notify the operator's employer before the end of the
business day immediately following the day the operator received notice of the suspension,
revocation, cancellation, lost privilege, or disqualification.
new text end

new text begin (m)new text end Students riding the type III vehicle must have training required under section
123B.90, subdivision 2.

deleted text begin (m)deleted text end new text begin (n)new text end Documentation of meeting the requirements listed in this subdivision must be
maintained under separate file at the business location for each type III vehicle operator.
The business manager, school board, governing body of a nonpublic school, or any other
entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the type III vehicle operating under this subdivision
is responsible for maintaining these files for inspection.

deleted text begin (n)deleted text end new text begin (o)new text end The type III vehicle must bear a current certificate of inspection issued under
section 169.451.

deleted text begin (o)deleted text end new text begin (p)new text end An employee of a school or of a school district, who is not employed for the sole
purpose of operating a type III vehicle, is exempt from paragraphs (e) and (f).

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

(a) The fee for any duplicate driver's
license obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is increased
by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and $13 for each renewal thereof. The
additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:

(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license, and $7 of the additional fee
for each renewal, must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby createddeleted text begin ;
provided that ten percent of fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal year must be
credited to the general funddeleted text end .

(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.

(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle
endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle
safety fund.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.061, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
2017, chapter 76, section 12, is amended to read:

An applicant may file an application with an agent. The agent
shall receive and accept applications in accordance with the laws and rules of the Department
of Public Safety for a noncompliant driver's license or identification card; an enhanced
driver's license or identification card; a REAL ID compliant driver's license or identification
card; restricted license; duplicate license; instruction permit; or motorized bicycle operator's
permit.new text begin Application records must be maintained at the office of the agent in a manner that
complies with sections 13.05, subdivision 5, and 13.055. As an alternative to paper copy
storage, an agent may retain records and documents in a secure electronic medium that
complies with the security requirements under the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Policy 5.4 or any successor
policy, provided 60 days have elapsed since the transaction and subject to standards
established by the commissioner. The agent is responsible for all costs associated with the
conversion to electronic records and maintenance of the electronic storage medium, including
the destruction of existing paper records after conversion to the electronic format. All queries
and responses in the secure electronic medium, and all actions in which data are entered,
updated, accessed, or shared or disseminated by the agent must be contained in a data audit
trail. Data contained in the audit trail are public to the extent the data are not otherwise
classified under this section.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c),
the department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation
of a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater than
ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the department deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end not keep on the record
of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless the
violation consisted of a speed greater thandeleted text begin :
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on or after
August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014; or
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end five miles per hour in excess of the speed limitdeleted text begin , for any violation occurring on or
after August 1, 2014deleted text end .

(c) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial motor
vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial driver's
licensenew text begin or commercial driver learner's permitnew text end , without regard to whether the violation was
committed in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Abandoned and discontinued" means an
outdoor advertising device that ceases to display advertising copy for a minimum of one
year and is not otherwise being actively marketed to display advertising copy.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Conforming" means an outdoor advertising device that
complies with the requirements of this chapter.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

new text begin (a) new text end "Commercial or industrial activity"
for the purposes of unzoned commercial or industrial areas means an activity generally
recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this statedeleted text begin , except thatdeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (b)new text end None of the following activities shall be considered commercial or industrial:

(1) outdoor advertising devicesdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(2) agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities, including,
but not limited to, temporary wayside fresh produce standsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(3) transient or temporary activitiesdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(4) activities not visible from the main-traveled waydeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(5) activities more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-waydeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(6) activities conducted in a building principally used as a residencedeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

(7) railroad tracks and minor sidingsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (8) advertising located on vehicles or tractor trailers;
new text end

new text begin (9) commercial establishments or businesses that have ceased to exist or operate; or
new text end

new text begin (10) a business created to install new outdoor advertising devices.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Nonconforming" means an outdoor advertising device
that was lawfully erected and has been maintained lawfully but does not comply with the
requirements of this chapter. A nonconforming sign is one that remains in substantially the
same condition it was on the effective date of this chapter.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Off-premise" means an outdoor advertising device that
advertises or pertains to any business, product, person, activity, event, or service that is not
primarily conducted, sold, manufactured, offered, or located on the property where the sign
is located.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

"Scenic area" means an area within which control and regulation
of the erection and maintenance of advertising devices may be exercised to the extent herein
provided and such areas shall include only those established as such by the commissioner
of transportation.new text begin Scenic area includes a scenic byway under United States Code, title 23,
section 162.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin "Scenic byways" means roads that recognize outstanding
scenic, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and archaeological qualities and landscapes
pursuant to United States Code, title 23, section 162.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The commissioner of transportation deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end adopt and
may modify, amend, or repeal rules governing the deleted text begin issuance of permits or renewals thereof
for the erection anddeleted text end maintenance of new text begin legal nonconformingnew text end advertising devices within scenic
areas; provided that the commissioner shall not adopt, modify, amend, or repeal any rule
that will impair any agreement deleted text begin withdeleted text end new text begin between the state andnew text end the federal governmentnew text begin under
this chapternew text end . The commissioner of transportation may limit the application of any rule
adopted by the commissioner to exclude or include in whole or in part, specified areas within
the scenic area based upon use, nature of the surrounding community, or such other factors
as may make separate classification or rule necessary or desirable.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Application for permits or renewals thereof for the
placement deleted text begin and maintenancedeleted text end of advertising devices deleted text begin within scenic areas shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be on
forms prescribed by the commissioner and deleted text begin shalldeleted text end contain deleted text begin suchdeleted text end information as the commissioner
may require. No advertising device shall be placed without the consent of the owner or
occupant of the land, and adequate proof of such consent shall be submitted to the
commissioner at the time application is made for such permits or renewals. new text begin A permit is
required to access state right-of-way to maintain an advertising device.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.08, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Crop varietal and seed corn signs adjacent to interstate
and primary highways may be erected if the device:
new text end

new text begin (1) is located on demonstration plats;
new text end

new text begin (2) is located on private property;
new text end

new text begin (3) does not violate section 160.27 or 160.2715; and
new text end

new text begin (4) does not reference an off-site address where the product may be sold.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.08, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin The Department of Transportation may remove signs
that violate this section using the removal procedures under section 173.13, subdivision 11.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.13, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Advertising devices
erected or maintained after June 8, 1971, not complying with deleted text begin Laws 1971, chapter 883, and
not otherwise by Laws 1971, chapter 883, permitted to standdeleted text end new text begin this chapter new text end may be removed
by the commissioner upon 60 days prior written notice by certified mail to the owner deleted text begin thereofdeleted text end new text begin
of the advertising devicenew text end and to the owner of the real property on which deleted text begin suchdeleted text end new text begin thenew text end advertising
device is locateddeleted text begin , provided thatdeleted text end new text begin .new text end No notice deleted text begin shall bedeleted text end new text begin isnew text end required to be given to the owner of
an advertising device whose name is not stated upon the advertising device or the structure
on which it is displayed, unless the name of deleted text begin suchdeleted text end new text begin thenew text end owner is otherwise reasonably known
to the commissioner. new text begin The owner of the removed device is liable to the state for the costs of
removal. new text end The period of deleted text begin suchdeleted text end notice deleted text begin shall bedeleted text end new text begin isnew text end computed from the date of mailingdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin to both
the owner of the advertising device and the owner of the real property where the device is
located. The department must store a removed outdoor advertising device for a minimum
of 30 days prior to disposal. If the outdoor advertising device is not retrieved by the owner
within 30 days of removal, the department may dispose of the outdoor advertising device.
The state is not liable for trespass actions or sign costs for outdoor advertising devices
removed under this subdivision if proper notice has been served.
new text end

new text begin For the purposes of this section, "changeable electronic
variable message sign" or "CEVMS" means an outdoor advertising device that contains
light-emitting diodes or other technology to display copy visible during the day and during
the night, with the copy changes initiated electronically.
new text end

new text begin Intermittent, animated, scrolling, full-motion video elements, or
moving lights are prohibited on outdoor advertising devices, including CEVMS.
new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a CEVMS is permissible if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the message does not change more frequently than once every six seconds;
new text end

new text begin (2) the transition between messages or copy does not exceed two seconds in duration;
new text end

new text begin (3) the message brightness does not exceed 0.3 foot-candles over ambient light, as
measured using a foot candle meter from the following distances:
new text end

new text begin (i) for signs with a nominal face size of 12 feet by 25 feet, from 150 feet;
new text end

new text begin (ii) for signs with a nominal face size of ten feet, six inches, by 36 feet, from 200 feet;
and
new text end

new text begin (iii) for signs with a nominal face size of 14 feet by 48 feet, from 250 feet; and
new text end

new text begin (4) the sign must not cause beams or rays of light to be directed at the traveled way if
the light is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare that impairs the vision of the
driver of a motor vehicle, or interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle.
new text end

new text begin (b) The brightness measurement under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be conducted at
least 30 minutes after sunset or at least 30 minutes before sunrise. Each CEVMS must have
automatic dimming technology that adjusts the device's brightness levels in response to
changes in ambient light.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Advertising devices must:
new text end

new text begin (1) be stationary;
new text end

new text begin (2) be immobile;
new text end

new text begin (3) not have wheels; and
new text end

new text begin (4) be incapable of relocation without a permit.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin (a) A business that is located in an unzoned commercial
or industrial area must be in existence for at least three months before a permit may be
issued. An outdoor advertising device erected prior to receiving a permit is subject to
removal.
new text end

new text begin (b) A commercial establishment may demonstrate evidence of its existence by having
a Web site, a telephone number that is answered or has an answering machine identifying
the business, a storefront, pictorial evidence of the business, a building permit, or a lease.
new text end

new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Destroyed" means that more than 50 percent of a nonconforming outdoor advertising
device's upright supports are physically damaged to a degree that normal repair practices
would require replacement of broken wooden supports or replacement of broken, bent, or
twisted supports for metal sign structures.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Reasonable repair and maintenance" means customary maintenance and change of
a sign's copy or message, and includes replacement of existing light fixtures with energy
efficient fixtures or installation of other energy efficiency improvements. Reasonable repair
and maintenance does not include:
new text end

new text begin (1) the addition of illumination;
new text end

new text begin (2) repair, reinstallation, erection, or maintenance for outdoor advertising devices that
are destroyed, as defined under paragraph (b);
new text end

new text begin (3) enlarging the nonconforming device;
new text end

new text begin (4) changing the device from a wood structure to a steel or concrete structure; or
new text end

new text begin (5) any change that would terminate nonconforming status.
new text end

new text begin (d) "Substantial change" means any action that does not constitute reasonable repair and
maintenance.
new text end

new text begin This section applies only to outdoor advertising devices subject
to state and federal regulation under United States Code, title 23, section 131, and any
regulations adopted under that law.
new text end

new text begin The department may remove a destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued
outdoor advertising device, subject to the limitations provided under this chapter.
new text end

new text begin (a) The owner of an outdoor advertising
device may perform reasonable repair and maintenance on any device, provided the device
is not destroyed.
new text end

new text begin (b) Any action not constituting reasonable repair and maintenance will subject the outdoor
advertising device to immediate removal under subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin Substantial changes to outdoor advertising devices are
prohibited. A substantial change to a nonconforming outdoor advertising device will subject
the sign to immediate removal under subdivision 3.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner
deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end revise the statewide multimodal transportation plan by January 15, deleted text begin 2013deleted text end new text begin 2022new text end ,
and by January 15 of every deleted text begin fourdeleted text end new text begin fivenew text end years thereafter. Before final adoption of a revised
plan, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end hold a hearing to receive public comment on the
preliminary draft of the revised plan.

(b) Each revised statewide multimodal transportation plan must:

(1) incorporate the goals of the state transportation system in section 174.01;

(2) establish objectives, policies, and strategies for achieving those goals; and

(3) identify performance targets for measuring progress and achievement of transportation
system goals, objectives, or policies.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:

deleted text begin By January 15, 2013,
and in conjunction withdeleted text end new text begin Within one year ofnew text end each deleted text begin futuredeleted text end revision of the statewide multimodal
transportation plannew text begin under subdivision 1anew text end , the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end prepare a 20-year
statewide highway deleted text begin capitaldeleted text end investment plan that:

(1) incorporates performance measures and targets for assessing progress and achievement
of the state's transportation goals, objectives, and policies identified in this chapter for the
state trunk highway system, and those goals, objectives, and policies established in the
statewide multimodal transportation plan. Performance targets must be based on objectively
verifiable measures, and address, at a minimum, preservation and maintenance of the
structural condition of state highway bridges and pavements, safety, and mobility;

(2) summarizes trends and impacts for each performance target over the past five years;

(3) summarizes the amount and analyzes the impact of the department's capital
investments and priorities over the past five years on each performance target, including a
comparison of prior plan projected costs with actual costs;

(4) identifies the investments required to meet the established performance targets over
the next 20-year period;

(5) projects available state and federal funding over the 20-year period, including any
unique, competitive, time-limited, or focused funding opportunities;

(6) identifies strategies to ensure the most efficient use of existing transportation
infrastructure, and to maximize the performance benefits of projected available funding;

(7) establishes investment priorities for projected funding, including a schedule of major
projects or improvement programs for the 20-year period together with projected costs and
impact on performance targets; and

(8) identifies those performance targets identified under clause (1) not expected to meet
the target outcome over the 20-year period together with alternative strategies that could
be implemented to meet the targets.

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Active transportation" means bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms of
nonmotorized transportation.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.
new text end

new text begin Subject to available funds, the commissioner must
establish a program to support active transportation.
new text end

new text begin An active transportation account is established
in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds provided by law and any other
money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the
account must be expended only on a project that receives financial assistance under this
section.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner must establish active
transportation program requirements, including:
new text end

new text begin (1) assistance eligibility, subject to the requirements under subdivision 5;
new text end

new text begin (2) a solicitation and application process that minimizes the burden on applicants; and
new text end

new text begin (3) procedures to award and pay financial assistance.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must annually conduct a solicitation for active transportation
projects under the program.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner must make reasonable efforts to publicize each application
solicitation among all eligible recipients. The commissioner must assist applicants to create
and submit applications, with an emphasis on providing assistance in communities that are
historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including
communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people with
limited English proficiency.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a project.
new text end

new text begin (e) The commissioner is prohibited from expending more than one percent of available
funds in a fiscal year under this section on program administration.
new text end

new text begin Eligible recipients of financial assistance under this section are:
new text end

new text begin (1) a political subdivision; and
new text end

new text begin (2) a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must determine permissible uses of financial
assistance under this section, which are limited to:
new text end

new text begin (1) construction and maintenance of bicycle, trail, and pedestrian infrastructure, including
but not limited to safe routes to school infrastructure and bicycle facilities and centers; and
new text end

new text begin (2) noninfrastructure programming, including activities as specified in section 174.40,
subdivision 7a, paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner must establish a
project evaluation and selection process that is competitive, criteria-based, and objective.
new text end

new text begin (b) The process must include criteria and prioritization of projects based on:
new text end

new text begin (1) the project's inclusion in a municipal or regional nonmotorized transportation system
plan;
new text end

new text begin (2) the extent to which policies or practices of the political subdivision encourage and
promote complete streets planning, design, and construction;
new text end

new text begin (3) the extent to which the project supports connections between communities and to
key destinations within a community;
new text end

new text begin (4) identified barriers or deficiencies in the nonmotorized transportation system;
new text end

new text begin (5) identified safety or health benefits;
new text end

new text begin (6) geographic equity in project benefits, with an emphasis on communities that are
historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning; and
new text end

new text begin (7) ability of a grantee to maintain the active transportation infrastructure following
project completion.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Before
disbursement of an appropriation made from the fund to the commissioner of transportation
for grants to subdivisions of the state, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end certifynew text begin thatnew text end :

(1) deleted text begin that the project for which the grant is made has been reviewed as provided in
subdivision 4;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) thatdeleted text end the project conforms to the program authorized by the appropriation law and
rules adopted by the Department of Transportation consistent therewith; and

deleted text begin (3) thatdeleted text end new text begin (2)new text end the financing of any estimated cost of the project in excess of the amount of
the grant is assured by the appropriation of the proceeds of bonds or other funds of the
subdivision, or by a grant from an agency of the federal government, within the amount of
funds then appropriated to that agency and allocated by it to projects within the state, and
by an irrevocable undertaking, in a resolution of the governing body of the subdivision, to
use all funds so made available exclusively for the project, and to pay any additional amount
by which the cost exceeds the estimate through appropriation to the construction fund of
additional funds or the proceeds of additional bonds to be issued by the subdivision.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner may make grants from
the state transportation fund to a home rule or statutory city with a population of 5,000 or
less for design, engineering, and construction of bridges on city streets.

deleted text begin (b) Grants under this subdivision are subject to the procedures and criteria established
under subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end Grants may be used for:

(1) 100 percent of the design and engineering costs that are in excess of $10,000;

(2) 100 percent of the bridge approach work costs that are in excess of $10,000; and

(3) 100 percent of the bridge construction work costs.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 6c, is amended to read:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end The commissioner may make a grant to any
political subdivision for replacement or rehabilitation of a fracture-critical bridge. To be
eligible for a grant under this subdivision, the project must produce a bridge structure:

(1) that is no longer classified as fracture critical, by having alternate load paths; and

(2) whose failure of a main component will not result in the collapse of the bridge.

deleted text begin (b) A grant under this subdivision is subject to the procedures and criteria established
under subdivisions 5 and 6.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin For an appropriation made specifically for purposes of
this subdivision, the commissioner may make a grant under this section to any political
subdivision for replacement or rehabilitation of a major local bridge in which the grant
award is $7,000,000 or more. If in any year money appropriated for local bridge replacement
and rehabilitation projects under this subdivision remains available after all identified and
eligible projects under this subdivision have been funded, the commissioner may use the
remaining funds to make grants under this section for less than $7,000,000.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner of transportation
shall develop rules, procedures for application for grants, conditions of grant administration,
standards, and criteria as provided under subdivision 6, including bridge specifications, in
cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use in the administration of
funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration of grants to subdivisions.
new text begin Grants under this section are subject to the procedures and criteria established in this
subdivision and in subdivisions 5 and 6.
new text end

(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size of
the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the state
transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement bridge
must be ten feet or more in length.

(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with local
road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross over the
same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a grant under
this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from the minimum
distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.

(d) Political subdivisions may use grants made under this section to construct or
reconstruct bridges, including but not limited to:

(1) matching federal aid grants to construct or reconstruct key bridges;

(2) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of
replacement but where no replacement will be made; and

(3) paying the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of an
existing bridge if the commissioner determines that the bridge is deficient, and that
construction of the road or street is more economical than replacement of the existing bridge.

(e) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation
fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds created
by article XIV of the Minnesota Constitution.

new text begin (f) Except as provided under subdivision 6d, the commissioner is prohibited from
awarding a grant under this section for a local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project
with a total project cost estimate of $7,000,000 or more.
new text end

new text begin (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), the commissioner may award a grant under this
section for a portion of a local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with a total
project cost estimate of $7,000,000 or more if every other local bridge replacement or
rehabilitation project on the commissioner's priority list with a total project cost estimate
of less than $7,000,000 has been fully funded.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

new text begin (a) Beginning in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the commissioner of transportation must
implement efficiencies equal to at least 15 percent of the appropriations made annually to
the commissioner from the trunk highway fund that are above base appropriations for fiscal
years 2018 and 2019.
new text end

new text begin (b) The efficiency savings resulting from the requirements in paragraph (a) are for the
construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of trunk highways, including roads and bridges.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.56, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The commissioner must maintain an Internet Web
site that displays information for each major highway project. At a minimum, the information
must include the report contents identified in subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin (a) In a fiscal year in which the commissioner expends more than 110 percent of the
established biennial expenditure level for snow and ice management, the commissioner may
use an additional amount for this purpose that does not exceed 50 percent of the
unappropriated balance in the trunk highway fund. The amount identified by the
commissioner under this paragraph is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the
commissioner for snow and ice management purposes.
new text end

new text begin (b) Upon using the appropriation authority in this section, the commissioner must notify
the commissioner of management and budget and the chairs, ranking minority members,
and staff of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over
transportation finance. The notification must at a minimum identify the established biennial
expenditure level for snow and ice management and the amount appropriated under this
section.
new text end

new text begin (c) In each budget submission to the legislature under section 16A.11, the commissioner
must include:
new text end

new text begin (1) the proposed biennial expenditure level for snow and ice management for the next
budget biennium; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the total amount expended or estimated to be expended under the appropriation in
this section for the budget biennium that is ending.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.93, is amended to read:

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings givendeleted text begin :deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (1) deleted text end new text begin (b) "Busway" means a form of bus service provided to the public on a regular and
ongoing basis, including arterial or highway bus rapid transit, that (1) compared to other
regular route bus service, provides reduced travel time and uses distinct bus stop or station
amenities, and (2) does not primarily or substantially operate within separated rights-of-way;
new text end

new text begin (c)new text end "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportationdeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end "Guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
regular and ongoing basisdeleted text begin ,deleted text end thatnew text begin primarily or substantiallynew text end operates deleted text begin on exclusive or controlleddeleted text end new text begin
within separatednew text end rights-of-way ornew text begin operates onnew text end rails deleted text begin in whole or in partdeleted text end , and includesnew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light rail transit,new text begin andnew text end streetcarsdeleted text begin ,
anddeleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (2) as applicable, each line for dedicated bus service, which may include arterial or
highwaynew text end bus rapid transitdeleted text begin ; anddeleted text end new text begin , limited stop bus service, and express bus service; and
new text end

new text begin (3) any intermodal facility serving two or more lines identified in clauses (1) and (2).
Guideway does not include a busway.
new text end

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end "Local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city,
town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad authority
or joint powers board.

new text begin (f) "Separated rights-of-way" includes exclusive, dedicated, or primary use of a
right-of-way by the public transportation service. Separated rights-of-way does not include
a shoulder, dynamic shoulder lane, or priced lane under section 160.93.
new text end

deleted text begin (b) For purposes of this section,deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end "Sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.

deleted text begin (c) For purposes of this section,deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end "Budget activity" includes, but is not limited to,
environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and final
engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and rehabilitation,
and construction.

A state agency or local
unit of government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a
guideway project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the
project that presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail
available in the latest phase of project development:

(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures to
date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and
proposed sources of funds; and

(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a
breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.

(a) By deleted text begin Januarydeleted text end new text begin Octobernew text end 15deleted text begin , 2012, and by November 15deleted text end in
every deleted text begin odd-numbereddeleted text end new text begin even-numberednew text end year deleted text begin thereafterdeleted text end , the deleted text begin commissioner shalldeleted text end new text begin council mustnew text end
prepare, in collaboration with the deleted text begin Metropolitan Councildeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end , deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin a report on
comprehensive transit finance in the metropolitan area. The council mustnew text end submit deleted text begin adeleted text end new text begin thenew text end report
electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance deleted text begin concerningdeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (b) The report must be structured to provide financial information in six-month increments
corresponding to state and local fiscal years, and must use consistent assumptions and
methodologies. The report must comprehensively identify all funding sources and
expenditures related to transit in the metropolitan area, including but not limited to:
new text end

new text begin (1) sources and uses of funds from regional railroad authorities, joint powers agreements,
counties, and cities;
new text end

new text begin (2) expenditures for transit planning, feasibility studies, alternatives analysis, and other
transit project development; and
new text end

new text begin (3) expenditures for guideways, busways, regular route bus service, demand-response
service, and special transportation service under section 473.386.
new text end

new text begin (c) The report must include a section that summarizesnew text end the status of new text begin (1) guideways in
revenue operation, and (2) new text end guideway projects deleted text begin (1)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end currently in study, planning,
development, or construction; deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (ii)new text end identified in the transportation policy plan under
section 473.146; or deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (iii)new text end identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and passenger
rail plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1b.

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end At a minimum, thenew text begin guideways status section of thenew text end report must deleted text begin include,deleted text end new text begin providenew text end
for each guideway projectnew text begin wholly or partially in the metropolitan areanew text end :

(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;

(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;

(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestonesnew text begin , including any federal
approvalsnew text end ; (ii) expected and known dates of commencement of each phase or milestone;
and (iii) expected and known dates of completion of each phase or milestone;

(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since the
last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and

(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of detail
available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:

(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected expenditures,
with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the project;

(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level of
detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
committed and proposed sources of funds for the project; and

(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.

new text begin (e) The report must include a section that summarizes the status of (1) busways in revenue
operation, and (2) busway projects currently in study, planning, development, or construction.
new text end

new text begin (f) The report must include a section that identifies the total ridership, farebox recovery
ratio, and per-passenger operating subsidy for (1) each route and line in revenue operation
by a transit provider, including guideways, busways, and regular route bus service; and (2)
demand-response service and special transportation service. The section must provide data,
as available on a per-passenger mile basis and must provide information for at least the
previous three years. The section must identify performance standards for farebox recovery
and identify each route and line that does not meet the standards.
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis fornew text begin transit operations
andnew text end investment in deleted text begin guidewaydeleted text end expansion and maintenance that:

(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing ten years, and with a
breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:

(i) total capital expenditures for guidewaysnew text begin and for buswaysnew text end ;

(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guidewaysnew text begin and for buswaysnew text end ;

(iii) total funding available for guidewaysnew text begin and for buswaysnew text end , including from projected or
estimated farebox recovery; and

(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and

(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for guidewaynew text begin
and for buswaynew text end investments.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end The deleted text begin projectiondeleted text end new text begin capacity analysisnew text end under paragraph deleted text begin (c), clause (1),deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end must deleted text begin be fordeleted text end
new text begin include new text end all guidewaynew text begin and buswaynew text end lines for which deleted text begin statedeleted text end new text begin publicnew text end funds are reasonably expected
to be expended in planning, development, construction, deleted text begin ordeleted text end revenue operationnew text begin , or capital
maintenancenew text end during the ensuing ten years.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end Local units of government deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end provide assistance and information in a
timely manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2018, and
applies beginning with the report due by October 15, 2018. This section applies in the
counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin A pipeline welding truck, as defined
in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.38, paragraph (b), including an individual
operating a pipeline welding truck and the employer of the individual, is exempt from any
requirement relating to:
new text end

new text begin (1) registration as a motor carrier, including the requirement to obtain and display a
United States Department of Transportation number under subdivision 6 and section 168.185;
new text end

new text begin (2) driver qualifications under section 221.0314, subdivision 2;
new text end

new text begin (3) driving of commercial motor vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivision 6;
new text end

new text begin (4) parts, accessories, and inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor
vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivisions 7 and 10; and
new text end

new text begin (5) hours of service of drivers, including maximum driving and on-duty time under
section 221.0314, subdivision 9.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 222.49, is amended to read:

The rail service improvement account is created in the special revenue fund in the state
treasury. The deleted text begin commissioner shall deposit in thisdeleted text end account deleted text begin alldeleted text end new text begin consists of funds as provided
by law, and any othernew text end money deleted text begin appropriated to or received by the department for the purpose
of rail service improvementdeleted text end new text begin donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the
accountnew text end , excluding bond proceeds as authorized by article XI, section 5, clause (i)new text begin ,new text end of the
Minnesota Constitution. All money so deposited is appropriated to the department for
expenditure for rail service improvement in accordance with applicable state and federal
law. This appropriation shall not lapse but shall be available until the purpose for which it
was appropriated has been accomplished. deleted text begin No money appropriated to the department for the
purposes of administering the rail service improvement program shall be deposited in the
rail service improvement account nor shall such administrative costs be paid from the
account.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 222.50, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

The commissioner may approve grants from the rail service
improvement account for deleted text begin payment of up to 50 percent of the nonfederal share of the cost
of any rail line project under the federal rail service continuation programdeleted text end new text begin freight rail service
improvements that support economic developmentnew text end .

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, as amended by Laws
2017, chapter 46, section 2, and Laws 2017, chapter 59, section 11, is amended to read:

(a) If a person receives medical assistance hereunder,
on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married couple, either
or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided for in this section,
the amount paid for medical assistance as limited under subdivision 2 for the person and
spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of the surviving
spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree of descent
according to sections 525.31 to 525.313.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:

(1) the person's probate estate;

(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property the person
owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time of the
person's death;

(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the person
owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 at the time
of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests become part
of the probate estate under section 524.6-307;

(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and pay-on-death
accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts, as
provided under sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 at the time of the person's death to the
extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 524.6-207; and

(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship,
living trust, new text begin transfer-on-death of title or deed, new text end or other arrangements.

(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for medical
assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal title and
interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or marital
property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the proceeds of
those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a survivor, an
heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased recipient who, at
death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have an interest in the
entire property.

(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor of
a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all or any
part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased spouse
to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are permitted,
prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.

(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both persons
under one of the following circumstances:

(1) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received services
under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for medical assistance,
whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected to be discharged
and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating physician, advanced
practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. For purposes of this section only, a "medical
institution" means a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care
facility for persons with developmental disabilities, nursing facility, or inpatient hospital;

(2) the person received general assistance medical care services under the program
formerly codified under chapter 256D; or

(3) the person was 55 years of age or older and received medical assistance services that
consisted of nursing facility services, home and community-based services, or related
hospital and prescription drug benefits.

(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for the
purpose of section 524.3-805. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a state or
county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 524.6-307.
Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state agency, or
both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any claim made
hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. Notice of the
claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other persons with an
ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time of the decedent's
death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The notice must include
procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship waiver under subdivision
5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; and information regarding
appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half of the nonfederal share of
medical assistance collections from estates that are directly attributable to county effort.
Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for alternative care directly attributable
to county effort.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

deleted text begin (a) For purposes of this subdivision,
"net revenue" means an amount equal to the revenues, including interest and penalties,
collected under this section, during the fiscal year; less $32,000,000 in each fiscal year.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (a) new text end On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end
estimate the deleted text begin amount of the net revenuedeleted text end new text begin revenues, including interest and penalties and minus
refunds, collected under this sectionnew text end for the current fiscal year.

deleted text begin (c) On or afterdeleted text end new text begin

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin 19,783,000 new text end	new text begin 34,508,000 new text end
new text begin Airports new text end	new text begin 34,812,000 new text end	new text begin 21,909,000 new text end
new text begin C.S.A.H. new text end	new text begin 762,071,000 new text end	new text begin 789,636,000 new text end
new text begin M.S.A.S. new text end	new text begin 190,660,000 new text end	new text begin 197,558,000 new text end
new text begin Trunk Highway new text end	new text begin 1,942,586,000 new text end	new text begin 1,825,144,000 new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin Airports new text end	new text begin 5,231,000 new text end	new text begin 5,231,000 new text end
new text begin Trunk Highway new text end	new text begin 1,479,000 new text end	new text begin 1,623,000 new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin 570,000 new text end	new text begin 17,395,000 new text end
new text begin Trunk Highway new text end	new text begin 846,000 new text end	new text begin 873,000 new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin 3,156,000 new text end	new text begin 1,056,000 new text end
new text begin Trunk Highway new text end	new text begin 5,350,000 new text end	new text begin 5,522,000 new text end

new text begin SUMMARY new text end
new text begin Department of Transportation new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 940,000,000 new text end
new text begin Department of Management and Budget new text end		new text begin 940,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 940,940,000 new text end

new text begin APPROPRIATIONS
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new text begin Available for the Year
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new text begin Ending June 30
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new text begin 2018
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new text begin 2019
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