<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to transportation; eliminating certain reporting requirements; eliminating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>or modernizing antiquated, unnecessary, redundant, and obsolete provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>making conforming changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>12A.16, subdivision 5; 16A.633, subdivision 4; 16B.335, subdivision 1; 16B.51, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>subdivision 1; 161.082, subdivision 2a; 161.20, subdivision 2; 161.3410, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision 1; 161.3412, subdivision 2; 161.3414, subdivision 1; 161.3418, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 2; 161.36, subdivision 7; 162.06, subdivision 3; 162.12, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>3; 162.13, subdivision 1; 165.09, subdivision 3; 169.86, subdivision 5; 173.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivisions 6, 16; 173.13, subdivision 4; 174.02, subdivisions 6, 8; 174.06, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 7; 174.30, subdivision 9; 174.40, subdivision 8; 174.50, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>6b; 174.66; 221.022; 221.0252, subdivision 7; 221.026, subdivision 2; 221.031, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 1; 221.036, subdivisions 1, 3; 302A.021, subdivision 10; 322B.02; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>336.9-201; 360.015, subdivision 2; 360.511, subdivision 4; 360.55, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>4; 360.59, subdivision 7; Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 160.27, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>3; 160.283, subdivision 1; 161.05; 161.06; 161.07; 161.08, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>161.082, subdivision 3; 161.1231, subdivisions 3, 9; 161.13; 161.161; 161.201; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>161.22; 161.31, subdivision 2; 161.3205; 161.3428; 161.51; 162.02, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>2; 162.06, subdivision 6; 162.065; 162.08, subdivision 3; 162.09, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>3; 162.12, subdivision 5; 162.125; 163.07, subdivision 3; 164.041; 164.05; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>165.09, subdivision 5; 165.11; 165.13; 169.16; 169.835; 169.867; 173.0845; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>173.085; 174.02, subdivision 7; 174.05; 174.06, subdivision 8; 174.19; 174.256, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivision 5; 174.50, subdivision 6a; 181.28; 181.29; 181.30; 218.021; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>218.031, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 218.041, subdivisions 1, 2, 7; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>219.55; 219.562, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 4; 219.565; 219.566; 221.123; 221.151, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>subdivision 1; 221.241; 221.295; 222.04; 222.06; 222.07; 222.08; 222.09; 222.10; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>222.11; 222.12; 222.13; 222.141; 222.15; 222.16; 222.17; 222.18; 222.19; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>222.20; 222.21; 222.22; 222.23; 222.24; 222.25; 222.28; 222.31; 222.32; 222.35; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>360.013, subdivision 59; 360.015, subdivisions 11a, 17, 19; 360.55, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>7; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 174.03, subdivision 1d.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><b>OBSOLETE, UNNECESSARY, OR REDUNDANT PROVISIONS</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.633, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Report on jobs created or retained.</b> By September 1 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>odd-numbered year, the commissioner must report to legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>jurisdiction over capital investment on the jobs created or retained as a result of capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>project funding by the state, whether with state general obligation bond proceeds or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>state funding sources, during the previous biennium. Each state agency must provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>commissioner the information necessary, and must require its capital project grantees to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>provide the information necessary, for the commissioner to make the report. The report <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>must include, but is not limited to, the following information: the number and types of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>jobs for each project, whether the jobs are new or retained, where the jobs are located, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>and pay ranges of the jobs. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and each state agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>receiving an appropriation for a capital project shall collect and provide the information at <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>the time and in the manner required by the commissioner. This subdivision does not apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>to Department of Transportation state-aid projects valued less than $5,000,000.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Construction and major remodeling.</b> (a) The commissioner, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>any other recipient to whom an appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>specifications for any construction, major remodeling, or land acquisition in anticipation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>which the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the project has presented <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>the program plan and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of the house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>Ways and Means Committee and the chairs have made their recommendations, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the chair of the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee is notified. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>"Construction or major remodeling" means construction of a new building, a substantial <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>addition to an existing building, or a substantial change to the interior configuration of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>existing building. The presentation must note any significant changes in the work that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for the project was enacted or from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>predesign submittal. The program plans and estimates must be presented for review at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>two weeks before a recommendation is needed. The recommendations are advisory only. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>Failure or refusal to make a recommendation is considered a negative recommendation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>The chairs of the senate Finance Committee and the house of representatives Capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>Investment and Ways and Means Committees must also be notified whenever there is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>substantial change in a construction or major remodeling project, or in its cost.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this subdivision include <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>demolition or decommissioning of state assets, hazardous material projects, utility <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>infrastructure projects, environmental testing, parking lots, parking structures, park and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>ride facilities, bus rapid transit stations, light rail lines, passenger rail projects, exterior <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>lighting, fencing, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not consisting <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>primarily of offices or heated work areas, roads, bridges, trails, pathways, campgrounds, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>athletic fields, dams, floodwater retention systems, water access sites, harbors, sewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>separation projects, water and wastewater facilities, port development projects for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>the commissioner of transportation has entered into an assistance agreement under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>457A.04
         </statute_ref>, ice centers, a local government project with a construction cost of less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>$1,500,000, or any other capital project with a construction cost of less than $750,000.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.082, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Town bridges and culverts; town road account.</b> (a) Money in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>town bridge account must be expended on town road bridge structures that are ten feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>or more in length and on town road culverts that replace existing town road bridges. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>addition, if the present bridge structure is less than ten feet in length but a hydrological <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>survey indicates that the replacement bridge structure or culvert must be ten feet or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>in length, then the bridge or culvert is eligible for replacement funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(b) In addition, if a culvert that replaces a deficient bridge is in a county <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>comprehensive water plan approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>Department of Natural Resources, the costs of the culvert and roadway grading other than <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>surfacing are eligible for replacement funds up to the cost of constructing a replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>bridge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(c) The expenditures on a bridge structure or culvert may be paid from the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>turnback account and may be for 100 percent of the cost of the replacement structure or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>culvert or for 100 percent of the cost of rehabilitating the existing structure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>(d) (b) The town bridge account may be used to pay the costs to abandon an existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>bridge that is deficient and in need of replacement, but where no replacement will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>made. It may also be used to pay the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>abandonment of an existing bridge determined by the commissioner to be deficient, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>commissioner determines that construction of the road or street is more cost-efficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>than replacing the existing bridge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(e) (c) When bridge approach construction work exceeds $10,000 in costs, or when <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>the county engineer determines that the cost of the replacement culverts alone will not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>exceed $20,000, or engineering costs exceed $10,000, the town shall be eligible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>financial assistance from the town bridge account. Financial assistance shall be requested <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>by resolution of the county board and shall be limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(1) 100 percent of the cost of the bridge approach work that is in excess of $10,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>(2) 100 percent of the cost of the replacement culverts when the cost does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>exceed $20,000 and the town board agrees to be responsible for all the other costs, which <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>may include costs for structural removal, installation, and permitting. The replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>structure design and costs shall be approved and certified by the county engineer, but need <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>not be subsequently approved by the Department of Transportation; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(3) 100 percent of all related engineering costs that exceed $10,000, or in the case of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>towns with a net tax capacity of less than $300,000, 100 percent of the engineering costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>(f) (d) Money in the town road account must be distributed as provided in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>162.081
         </statute_ref>.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Property acquisition; agreements and contracts.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>is authorized:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(1) to acquire by purchase, gift, or by eminent domain proceedings as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>by law, in fee or such lesser estate as the commissioner deems necessary, all lands and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>properties necessary in preserving future trunk highway corridors or in laying out, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>constructing, maintaining, and improving the trunk highway system including recreational <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>vehicle lanes; to locate, construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain the trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>system; to purchase all road material, machinery, tools, and supplies necessary for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>construction, maintenance, and improvement thereof; to construct necessary buildings, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>rent or acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, grounds, and buildings necessary for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>the storing and housing of such material, machinery, tools, and supplies or necessary for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>office space for employees or for providing for driver's license examinations; to maintain, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>repair, or remodel such buildings as may be necessary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(2) to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, replacement sites for historically <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>significant buildings or structures and to relocate these buildings or structures onto those <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>sites, reconstructing and maintaining them until disposed of through public sale to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>highest responsible bidder;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>(3) to make agreements with any county for the relocation or reestablishment, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>the county, of section, quarter section, or meander corners originally established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>United States, when such relocation or reestablishment is necessary in order to write land <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>acquisition descriptions or by reason of the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>maintenance of a trunk highway;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(4) to contract on an equitable basis with railroad companies for the installation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>reinstallation of safety devices at trunk highway-railroad grade crossings, and for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges and approaches existing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>necessary for the separation of grades at railroad and trunk highway intersections; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(5) in carrying out duties, to let all necessary contracts in the manner prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may make agreements with and cooperate with any <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>governmental authority for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of this chapter.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.36, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Economic recovery funds.</b> (a) All federal funds made available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>the commissioner under title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>2009, Public Law 111-5, and designated for transportation purposes, including but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>limited to assistance for highways and bridges, transit, aeronautics, ports, and railroads, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>are appropriated to the commissioner from the trunk highway fund or the federal fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>as appropriate. This appropriation includes any funds not initially made available to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>commissioner under the act, including but not limited to competitive grant awards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>funds made available in addition to the amount expected on April 2, 2009. The money is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>(b) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to seek and utilize all <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>funds available under title XII of the act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(c) The commissioner shall expend funds appropriated under this subdivision in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>conformance with federal requirements established in association with use of the funds. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>The commissioner may expend up to 17 percent of the funds for program delivery.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>(d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>360.305, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, no local contribution is required <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>for eligible aeronautics project elements funded by a federal grant-in-aid through the act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(e) Within two weeks of submitting each report to the United States Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>Transportation as required for the federal aid under this subdivision, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>shall submit a corresponding report to the chairs and ranking members of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>finance. The corresponding report must contain (1) a copy of the report submitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>the United States Department of Transportation, and (2) information on the geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>distribution of projects funded under this subdivision, which at a minimum specifies <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>the amount provided for highways and bridges, transit, aeronautics, ports, and railroads <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>within each of the department's districts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Disaster account.</b> (a) After deducting administrative costs as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>in subdivision 2, the commissioner shall set aside each year one percent of the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>available to provide for a disaster account; provided that the total amount of money in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>disaster account must never exceed two percent of the total sums to be apportioned to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>counties. The money must be used to provide aid to any county encountering disasters <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>or unforeseen events affecting its county state-aid highway system, and resulting in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>undue and burdensome financial hardship.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any county desiring aid by reason of disaster or unforeseen event shall request <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>the aid in the form required by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the request, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>commissioner shall appoint a board consisting of two representatives of the counties, who <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>must be either a county engineer or member of a county board, from counties other than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>requesting county, and a representative of the commissioner. The board shall investigate <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>the matter and report its findings and recommendations in writing to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Final determination of the amount of aid, if any, to be paid to the county from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>disaster account must be made by the commissioner. Upon determining to aid a requesting <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>county, the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>the amount of the aid, and the commissioner of management and budget shall then issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>a warrant in that the amount payable to the county treasurer of the county. Money so <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>paid must be expended on the county state-aid highway system in accordance with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>rules of the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Disaster account.</b> (a) After deducting administrative costs as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>subdivision 2, the commissioner shall set aside each year a sum of money equal to two <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>percent of the remaining money in the municipal state-aid street fund to provide for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>disaster account; provided, that the total amount of money in the disaster account must <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>never exceed three percent of the total sums to be apportioned to the statutory and home <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>rule charter cities having a population of 5,000 or more. The disaster account must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>used to provide aid to any city encountering disaster or unforeseen event affecting the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>municipal state-aid street system of the city, and resulting in an undue and burdensome <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>financial hardship.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>(b) Any city desiring aid by reason of disaster or unforeseen event shall request aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>in the form required by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the request the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>shall appoint a board consisting of two representatives of the cities, who must be either <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>a city engineer or member of the governing body of a city, from cities other than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>requesting city, and a representative of the commissioner. The board shall investigate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>matter and report its findings and recommendations in writing to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>(c) Final determination of the amount of aid, if any, to be paid to the city from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>disaster account must be made by the commissioner. Upon determining to aid the city, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>aid, and the commissioner of management and budget shall then issue a warrant in that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>amount payable to the fiscal officer of the city. Money so paid must be expended on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>municipal state-aid street system in accordance with rules of the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Factors in formula.</b> After deducting for administrative costs and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>the disaster fund and research account as heretofore provided, and for any allocation made <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>162.125</statute_ref>, the remainder of the total sum provided for in section 162.12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>subdivision 1 of section 
         <statute_ref>162.12</statute_ref>, shall be identified as the apportionment sum, and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>apportioned by the commissioner to the cities having a population of 5,000 or more, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>accordance with the following formula:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>(1) An amount equal to 50 percent of such apportionment sum shall be apportioned <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>among the cities having a population of 5,000 or more so that each such city shall receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>of such amount the percentage that its money needs bears to the total money needs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>all such cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>(2) An amount equal to 50 percent of such apportionment sum shall be apportioned <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>among the cities having a population of 5,000 or more so that each such city shall receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>of such amount the percentage that its population bears to the total population of all such <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>cities. For purposes of this subdivision, the population of a city is the greater of 5,000 or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>number calculated under section 
         <statute_ref>162.09, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 165.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Bridge over Minnesota River or Mississippi River.</b> Before any bridge is <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>erected over the Minnesota River or Mississippi River, the location and plan thereof shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>be approved by the commissioner. Bridges over the Minnesota River below the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>Chaska shall be built with a suitable draw of not less than 80 feet opening or, in lieu of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>such opening, built at such clear height above the ordinary high-water stage as will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>sufficient to accommodate the ordinary navigation of the river.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 173.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Fees.</b> The annual fee for each such permit or renewal thereof shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>(a) If the advertising area of the advertising device does not exceed 50 square feet, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>the fee shall be $30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>(b) If the advertising area exceeds 50 square feet but does not exceed 300 square <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>feet, the fee shall be $60.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>(c) If the advertising area exceeds 300 square feet, the fee shall be $120.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>(d) No fee shall be charged for a permit for official signs and notices as they are <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>173.02</statute_ref>, except that a fee may be charged for a star city sign erected <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>173.085</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Agreements, receipts, appropriation.</b> To facilitate the implementation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>of intergovernmental efficiencies, effectiveness, and cooperation, and to promote and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>encourage economic and technological development in transportation matters within and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>between governmental and nongovernmental entities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>(a) The commissioner may enter into agreements with other governmental or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>nongovernmental entities for research and experimentation; for sharing facilities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>equipment, staff, data, or other means of providing transportation-related services; or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>other cooperative programs that promote efficiencies in providing governmental services <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>or that further development of innovation in transportation for the benefit of the citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>(b) In addition to funds otherwise appropriated by the legislature, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>may accept and spend funds received under any agreement authorized in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>(a) for the purposes set forth in that paragraph, subject to a report of receipts to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>commissioner of management and budget at the end of each fiscal year and, if receipts <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>from the agreements exceed $100,000 in a fiscal year, the commissioner shall also notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>the governor and the Committee on Finance of the senate and the Committee on Ways <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>and Means of the house of representatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(c) Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited in the special revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes set forth in this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.02, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Electronic reports.</b> For Notwithstanding section 3.195, subdivision 1, any <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>legislative report required to be submitted by the commissioner by law, in which the report<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var> may or must be submitted electronically, the commissioner shall meet the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>3.195, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Proposals for implementation.</b> (a) It is the intent of the legislature that <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>gas, oil, slurry, and other pipelines, long-distance conveyor belt systems, and other modes <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>of transportation not now regulated by the state be constructed and operated in a manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>that best serves the public good and complements other means of transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>(b) The commissioner of transportation shall submit to the governor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>legislature, no later than January 1, 1979, specific proposals, drafted in bill form if <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>appropriate, to implement this policy within the areas of responsibility assigned to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>Department of Transportation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Complaints; report; data classification.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>investigate all complaints over which the commissioner has jurisdiction regarding special <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>transportation service providers regulated under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By January 15, 2009, and in every subsequent odd-numbered year by January 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>policy and finance. The report must identify each complaint investigated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>commissioner under paragraph (a), including, but not limited to, any findings and steps <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>taken for resolution of the complaint.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) (b) When information is furnished to the Department of Transportation that alleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>a violation of this section, an operating standard adopted under this section, or section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>174.315
         </statute_ref>, the following data are classified as confidential data or protected nonpublic data:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) names of complainants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) complaint letters; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) other unsolicited data when furnished by a person who is not the subject of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>data and who is not a department employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Legislative report.</b> By November 1 annually of each odd-numbered year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>the commissioner shall submit a report on the safe routes to school program to the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report must at a minimum:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>(1) summarize program implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>(2) provide an overview of grant evaluation and criteria used in project selection;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>(3) provide a brief description of each project funded in the previous fiscal year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>including the amount of money provided from each safe routes to school account under <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>this section and the amount provided under the federal program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>(4) summarize the status of the federal program or successor legislation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>(5) identify any recommendations for legislative changes, including proposals to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>improve program effectiveness.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.50, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6b. <b>Bridge </b><b>engineering and design</b><b> costs in smaller cities.</b> Until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>2007, (a) The commissioner may make grants from the state transportation fund to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>home rule or statutory city with a population of 5,000 or less and a net tax capacity of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>under $200,000 for design and preliminary, engineering, and construction of bridges <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>on city streets.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>(b) Grants under this subdivision are subject to the procedures and criteria <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>established under subdivisions 5 and, 6, and 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>(c) Grants may be used for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>(1) 100 percent of the design and preliminary engineering costs that are in excess of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>$10,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>(2) 100 percent of the bridge approach work costs that are in excess of $10,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>(3) 100 percent of the bridge construction work costs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>Total grants under this subdivision to all cities may not exceed $200,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Powers, duties, rules, filings.</b> (a) This subdivision applies to motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>carriers engaged in intrastate commerce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the operation of motor carriers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>including their facilities; accounts; leasing of vehicles and drivers; service; safe operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; hours of service of drivers; driver <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>qualifications; accident reporting; identification of vehicles; installation of safety devices; <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>inspection, repair, and maintenance; and proper automatic speed regulators if, in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>opinion of the commissioner, there is a need for the rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall direct the repair and reconstruction or replacement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>an inadequate or unsafe motor carrier vehicle or facility. The commissioner may require <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>the construction and maintenance or furnishing of suitable and proper freight terminals, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>passenger depots, waiting rooms, and accommodations or shelters in a city in this state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>at a point on the highway traversed which the commissioner, after investigation by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>department, may deem just and proper for the protection of passengers or property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) (c) The commissioner shall (1) require holders of household goods mover permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>to file schedules of rates and charges, (2) regulate motor carriers in matters affecting the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>relationship between them and the traveling and shipping public, and (3) prescribe other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) (d) The commissioner shall enforce sections 
         <statute_ref>169.781</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.783</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.015, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Cooperation with federal and other agencies.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>shall cooperate with and assist the federal government, the municipalities of this state, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>others engaged in aeronautics or the promotion of aeronautics and shall seek to coordinate <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>the aeronautical activities of these bodies. To this end, the commissioner is empowered to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>confer with or to hold joint hearings with any federal aeronautical agency in connection <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>with any matter arising under sections 
         <statute_ref>360.011</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.076</statute_ref>, or relating to the sound <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>development of aeronautics, and to take advantage of the cooperation, services, records, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>and facilities of such federal agencies, as fully as may be practicable, in the administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>and enforcement of sections 
         <statute_ref>360.011</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.076</statute_ref>. The commissioner shall reciprocate by <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>furnishing cooperation, services, records, and facilities, insofar as may be practicable, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>to the federal agencies. The commissioner may also contract for the presentation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>educational and informational programs that promote safety and interest in aeronautics.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>(b) The commissioner shall report to the appropriate federal agency all accidents <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>in aeronautics in this state of which the commissioner is informed. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>shall also preserve, protect, and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>involved in an accident being investigated by the commissioner until a federal agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>institutes an investigation. The commissioner shall report the following to the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>federal agency:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>(1) all refusals by the commissioner to register federal licenses, certificates, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>(2) all revocations of certificates of registration, and the reasons therefor; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(3) all penalties of which the commissioner has knowledge imposed upon airmen <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>for violations of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics or violations of the rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>or orders of the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.511, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Air commerce.</b> "Air commerce" means the transportation by aircraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>of persons or property for hire in interstate, intrastate, or international transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>on regularly scheduled flights by airline companies operating under a certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>of convenience and necessity issued by the United States Civil Aeronautics Board<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var> Department of Transportation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Collector's aircraft.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>(1) "antique aircraft" means an aircraft constructed by the original manufacturer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>or its licensee, on or before December 31, 1945, with the exception of certain pre-World <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>War II aircraft models that had only a small postwar production, such as Beechcraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>Staggerwing, Fairchild 24, and Monocoupe; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>(2) "classic aircraft" means an aircraft constructed by the original manufacturer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>or its licensee, on or after January 1, 1946, and has a first year of life that precedes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>date of registration by at least 50 years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>(b) If an antique or classic aircraft is owned and operated solely as a collector's item, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>its owner may list it for taxation and registration as follows: A sworn affidavit must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>executed stating (1) the name and address of the owner, (2) the name and address of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>person from whom purchased, (3) the aircraft's make, year, model number, federal aircraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>registration number, and manufacturer's identification number, and (4) that the aircraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>is owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>commercial operations purposes. The affidavit must be filed with the commissioner along <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>with a fee of $25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>(c) Upon satisfaction that the affidavit is true and correct, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>issue to the applicant a registration certificate. The registration certificate is valid without <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>renewal as long as the owner operates the aircraft solely as a collector's item.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>(d) Should an antique or classic aircraft be operated other than as a collector's item, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>the registration certificate becomes void and the owner shall list the aircraft for taxation <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>and registration in accordance with the other provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>360.511</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.67</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>(e) Upon the sale of an antique or classic aircraft, the new owner must list the aircraft <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>for taxation and registration in accordance with this subdivision, including the payment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>a $5 fee to transfer the registration to the new owner, or the other provisions of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>360.511
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.67</statute_ref>, whichever is applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(f) In the event of loss or destruction of the registration certificate, and upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>receiving and filing a sworn affidavit of the aircraft owner setting forth the circumstances, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>together with a fee of $5, the commissioner shall issue a replacement certificate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.59, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Transfer of ownership.</b> Upon the transfer of ownership; the destruction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>theft, or dismantling; or the permanent removal by the owner from this state, of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>aircraft registered in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>360.511</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.67</statute_ref>, the right of the owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>of the aircraft to use the registration certificate assigned the aircraft expires. The owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>shall forthwith return the certificate with transportation prepaid to the commissioner with <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>a signed notice of the date and manner of termination of ownership, giving the name and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>post office address, with street and number if in a city, of the person to whom transferred. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>On becoming the owner by gift, trade, or purchase of any aircraft for which a registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>certificate has been issued under sections 
         <statute_ref>360.511</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>360.67</statute_ref>, a person, including a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>dealer or manufacturer, shall, within seven days after acquiring ownership, join with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>registered owner in transmitting with an application the registration certificate with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>assignment and notice of sale duly executed upon the reverse side, or in case of loss of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>certificate, with such proof of loss by sworn statements in writing as shall be satisfactory <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>to the commissioner. Upon the transfer of any aircraft by a manufacturer or dealer, for use <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>within the state, whether by sale, lease, or otherwise, the manufacturer or dealer shall, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>within seven days after the transfer, transmit the transferee's application for registration. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>The manufacturer or dealer shall each month file with the commissioner a notice or report <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>containing the date of the transfer, a description of the aircraft, and the name, street and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>number of residence if in a city, and post office address of the transferee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 3, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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                  		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Previous State Road Construction </b><br />
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         </table><a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>of transportation for state road construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>for any fiscal year before the first year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>available to the commissioner during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>biennium to the extent that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>spends the money on the state road <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>construction project for which the money <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>was originally encumbered during the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>year for which it was appropriated. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>commissioner of transportation shall report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>the commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>by August 1, 2013, and August 1, 2014, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>a form the commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>and budget provides, on expenditures made <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>during the previous fiscal year that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>authorized by this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Chapter 160 repeals.</b>  Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 160.27, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>subdivision 3; and 160.283, subdivision 1, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Chapter 161 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.05; 161.06; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>161.07; 161.08, subdivision 1; 161.082, subdivision 3; 161.1231, subdivisions 3 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>9; 161.13; 161.161; 161.201; 161.22; 161.31, subdivision 2; 161.3205; 161.3428; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>161.51, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Chapter 162 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 162.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>subdivision 2; 162.06, subdivision 6; 162.065; 162.08, subdivision 3; 162.09, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>3; 162.12, subdivision 5; and 162.125, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Chapter 163 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.07, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>subdivision 3, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Chapter 164 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 164.041; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>164.05, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Chapter 165 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 165.09, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>subdivision 5; 165.11; and 165.13, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Chapter 169 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 169.16; 169.835; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>and 169.867, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Chapter 173 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 173.0845; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>173.085, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Chapter 174 repeals.</b> (a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 174.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>subdivision 7; 174.05; 174.06, subdivision 8; 174.19; 174.256, subdivision 5; and 174.50, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>subdivision 6a, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 174.03, subdivision 1d, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Chapter 181 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.28; 181.29; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>and 181.30, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Chapter 218 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 218.021; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>218.031, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; and 218.041, subdivisions 1, 2, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>7, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Chapter 219 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 219.55; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>219.562, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, and 4; 219.565; and 219.566, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Chapter 221 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 221.123; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>221.151, subdivision 1; 221.241; and 221.295, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Chapter 222 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 222.04; 222.06; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>222.07; 222.08; 222.09; 222.10; 222.11; 222.12; 222.13; 222.141; 222.15; 222.16; 222.17; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>222.18; 222.19; 222.20; 222.21; 222.22; 222.23; 222.24; 222.25; 222.28; 222.31; 222.32; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>and 222.35, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Chapter 360 repeals.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 360.013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>subdivision 59; 360.015, subdivisions 11a, 17, and 19; and 360.55, subdivision 7, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var><b>CONFORMING CHANGES</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 12A.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Waivers authorized.</b> The requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>174.50, subdivisions 5</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>6, 6a, and 7, are waived for grants under subdivision 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16B.51, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Supervision by commissioner.</b> The commissioner shall supervise <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>and control the making and distribution of all reports and other publications of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>kinds issued by the state and state agencies when not otherwise prescribed by law. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>commissioner shall also prescribe the manner and form of issuing reports required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>8.08</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>16A.50</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>35.03</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>129D.02, subdivision 5</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>256.01</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>299C.18</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>360.015, <br />
            		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>subdivision 17
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.3410, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> The terms used in sections 
         <statute_ref>161.3410</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>161.3428</statute_ref> 161.3426<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var> have the meanings given in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.3412, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Competitive, open process.</b> Sections 
         <statute_ref>161.3410</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>161.3428</statute_ref> 161.3426<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var> apply only to transportation projects using the two-step competitive process utilizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>public solicitation for design-build services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.3414, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General criteria.</b> A design-build contracting procedure authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>161.3410</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>161.3428</statute_ref> 161.3426 may be used for a specific project only <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>after the commissioner determines that awarding a design-build contract will serve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>public interest.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.3418, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Contracting for licensed professional.</b> A design-builder may enter into a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>contract to provide professional or construction services for a project that the design-builder <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>is not licensed, registered, or qualified to perform, so long as the design-builder provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>those services through subcontractors with duly licensed, registered, or otherwise qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>individuals in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>161.3410</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>161.3428</statute_ref> 161.3426.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation.</b> The commissioner, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>permit issued. Unless otherwise specified, all fees for permits issued by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>of transportation must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>fund. Except for those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>this chapter, the fees are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) $15 for each single trip permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>same product, weight, and dimension.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>months. Annual permits may be issued for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>or well-being of the public;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) motor vehicles that travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>under subdivision 1a;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.826, <br />
            		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.863</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>169.862
         </statute_ref>; and.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>169.867</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) mobile cranes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) implements of husbandry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) double-deck buses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 
         <statute_ref>169.81, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>paragraph (c); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169.81, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) For vehicles that have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>169.823
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.829</statute_ref>, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, this <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>(b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance weight, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>shown in the following chart:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="5" align="center">Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Weight (pounds)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="5" align="center">Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.36"></a><var>17.36</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.37"></a><var>17.37</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">exceeding weight <br />
                  		limitations on axles<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Two <br />
                  		consecutive <br />
                  		axles spaced <br />
                  		within 8 feet <br />
                  		or less<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Three <br />
                  		consecutive <br />
                  		axles spaced <br />
                  		within 9 feet <br />
                  		or less<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Four consecutive <br />
                  		axles spaced within <br />
                  		14 feet or less<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.38"></a><var>17.38</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0-2,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.12<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.05<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.04<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,001-4,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.14<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.06<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.05<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,001-6,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.18<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.07<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.06<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">6,001-8,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.21<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.09<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.07<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">8,001-10,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.26<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.08<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,001-12,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.30<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.12<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.09<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,001-14,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.14<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.11<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,001-16,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.17<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.12<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">16,001-18,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.19<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.15<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,001-20,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.16<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">20,001-22,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Not <br />
                  		permitted<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>.20<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>are as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="20"></col>
            <col width="20"></col>
            <col width="25"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2" align="center">Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">Annual Permit Fee <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">90,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>or less <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$200<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">90,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$300<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 110,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$400<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">110,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 120,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">120,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 130,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$600<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">130,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 140,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$700<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">140,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 145,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$800<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">145,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>- 155,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$900<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.36"></a><var>18.36</var>If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 155,000 pounds the permit fee is determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.37"></a><var>18.37</var>under paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.38"></a><var>18.38</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.39"></a><var>18.39</var>more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.40"></a><var>18.40</var>when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> are <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.41"></a><var>18.41</var>in effect.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 
         <statute_ref>169.828, <br />
            		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 pounds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.8261</statute_ref>. The fee under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>paragraph must be deposited as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in the bridge <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>inspection and signing account as provided under subdivision 5b.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>under authority of section 
         <statute_ref>169.824, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (2).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 173.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Various signs and notices defined.</b> Directional and other official signs <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>and notices shall mean:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(a) "Official signs and notices" mean signs and notices erected and maintained by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>public officers or public agencies within their territorial jurisdiction and pursuant to and in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>accordance with direction or authorization contained in federal or state law for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>of carrying out an official duty or responsibility. Historical markers authorized by state <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>law and erected by state or local governmental agencies or nonprofit historical societies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>star city signs erected under section 
         <statute_ref>173.085</statute_ref>, and municipal identification entrance signs <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>erected in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>173.025,</statute_ref> may be considered official signs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>(b) "Public utility signs" mean warning signs, notices, or markers which are <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately owned public utilities, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>essential to their operations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>(c) "Service club and religious notices" mean signs and notices, not exceeding eight <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>square feet in advertising area, whose erection is authorized by law, relating to meetings <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>and location of nonprofit service clubs or charitable associations, or religious services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>(d) "Directional signs" means signs containing directional information about public <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>places owned or operated by public authorities as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>title 23, section 460.2, paragraph (b), or their agencies, publicly or privately owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational, and religious sites, and areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>interest of the traveling public. To qualify for directional signs, privately owned attractions <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>must be nationally or regionally known, and of outstanding interest to the traveling public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(e) All definitions in this subdivision are intended to be in conformity with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>national standards for directional and other official signs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 173.02, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Advertising device.</b> "Advertising device" means any billboard, sign, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>notice, poster, display, or other device visible to and primarily intended to advertise and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>inform or to attract or which does attract the attention of operators and occupants of motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>vehicles and shall include any structure erected primarily for use in connection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>the display of any such device and all lighting or other attachments used in connection <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>therewith except "star city" signs erected under section 
         <statute_ref>173.085</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.66, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var><b>174.66 CONTINUATION OF CARRIER RULES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(a) Orders and directives in force, issued, or promulgated under authority of chapters <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>174A, 216A, 218, 219, 221, and 222 remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>modified, or superseded by duly authorized orders or directives of the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>transportation. To the extent allowed under federal law or regulation, rules adopted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>authority of the following sections are transferred to the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>and continue in force and effect until repealed, modified, or superseded by duly authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>rules of the commissioner:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>(1) section 
         <statute_ref>218.041</statute_ref> except rules related to the form and manner of filing railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>rates, railroad accounting rules, and safety rules;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>(2) section 
         <statute_ref>219.40</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>(3) rules relating to rates or tariffs, or the granting, limiting, or modifying of permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>221.031, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>(4) rules relating to the sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer of a stock interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>in a corporation holding authority to operate as a permit carrier as prescribed in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var><statute_ref>221.151, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(5) rules relating to rates, charges, and practices under section 
         <statute_ref>221.161, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>4
         </statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>(6) (5) rules relating to rates, tariffs, or the granting, limiting, or modifying of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>permits under sections section 
         <statute_ref>221.121</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>(b) The commissioner shall review the transferred rules, orders, and directives and, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>when appropriate, develop and adopt new rules, orders, or directives.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.022, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var><b>221.022 EXCEPTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>The powers granted to the commissioner under sections 
         <statute_ref>221.012</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>221.295 221.293<br />
            		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var> 
         </statute_ref>do not include the power to regulate any service or vehicles operated by the Metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>Council or to register passenger transportation service provided under contract to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>department or the Metropolitan Council. A provider of passenger transportation service <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>under contract to the department or the Metropolitan Council may not also provide service <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>as a motor carrier of passengers without first having registered under section 
         <statute_ref>221.0252</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0252, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Exemptions from regulation.</b> Notwithstanding any other law, motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>carriers of passengers are exempt from sections 
         <statute_ref>221.121</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.122</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.123</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var> 
         <statute_ref>221.161</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>221.171</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.026, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions from requirements.</b> Notwithstanding any other law, a motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>carrier of property is exempt from sections 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.121</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.122</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.123</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.131</statute_ref>; <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>221.132
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.161</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.172, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>221.185</statute_ref>, except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>subdivision 4. The exemptions in this subdivision do not apply to a motor carrier of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>property while transporting household goods.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.036, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Order.</b> The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for a violation of (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>section 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>; (2) section 
         <statute_ref>221.033, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>; (3) section 
         <statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>; (4) section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>221.171
         </statute_ref>; (5) (4) section 
         <statute_ref>221.141</statute_ref>; (6) (5) a federal, state, or local law, regulation, rule, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>or ordinance pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings; or (7) (6) rules of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>commissioner relating to the transportation of hazardous waste, motor carrier operations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>insurance, or tariffs and accounting. An order must be issued as provided in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.036, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Amount of penalty; considerations.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>order assessing a penalty of up to $5,000 for all violations of section 
         <statute_ref>221.021</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>221.141</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var><statute_ref>221.151</statute_ref>; or 
         <statute_ref>221.171</statute_ref>, or rules of the commissioner relating to motor carrier operations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>insurance, or tariffs and accounting, identified during a single inspection, audit, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>investigation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may issue an order assessing a penalty up to a maximum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>$10,000 for all violations of section 
         <statute_ref>221.033, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, identified during a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>inspection or audit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In determining the amount of a penalty, the commissioner shall consider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the willfulness of the violation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the gravity of the violation, including damage to humans, animals, air, water, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>land, or other natural resources of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the history of past violations, including the similarity of the most recent violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>and the violation to be penalized, the time elapsed since the last violation, the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>previous violations, and the response of the person to the most recent violation identified;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the economic benefit gained by the person by allowing or committing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>violation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) other factors as justice may require, if the commissioner specifically identifies <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>the additional factors in the commissioner's order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall assess a penalty in accordance with Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>Regulations, title 49, section 383.53, against:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a driver who is convicted of a violation of an out-of-service order;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an employer who knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an employer who knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 302A.021, subdivision 10, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Laws not to apply.</b> Sections 
         <statute_ref>222.19</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>222.23</statute_ref>, and Chapters 301, 316, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>and 556 do not apply to a corporation incorporated under or governed by this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 322B.02, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var><b>322B.02 LAWS NOT TO APPLY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>Sections 
         <statute_ref>222.19</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>222.23</statute_ref>, and Chapters 301, 316, and 556 do not apply to a limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>liability company organized under or governed by this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 336.9-201, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var><b>336.9-201 GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>(a) <b>General effectiveness.</b> Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>Code, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>(b) <b>Applicable consumer laws and other law.</b> A transaction subject to this article <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>is subject to any applicable rule of law which establishes a different rule for consumers <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>and (i) any other statute or regulation that regulates the rates, charges, agreements, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>practices for loans, credit sales, or other extensions of credit including but not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>to sections 
         <statute_ref>48.153</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>48.157</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>53C.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>53C.14</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>222.13</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>222.16</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>334.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>334.06</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>and chapters 52, 53, and 56, (ii) any consumer protection statute or rule, and (iii) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>Manufactured Home Repossession Security Act, sections 
         <statute_ref>327.61</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>327.67</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(c) <b>Other applicable law controls.</b> In case of conflict between this article and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>rule of law, statute, or regulation described in subsection (b), the rule of law, statute, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>regulation controls. Failure to comply with a statute or regulation described in subsection <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>(b) has only the effect the statute or regulation specifies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>(d) <b>Further deference to other applicable law.</b> This article does not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(1) validate any rate, charge, agreement, or practice that violates a rule of law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>statute, or regulation described in subsection (b); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>(2) extend the application of the rule of law, statute, or regulation to a transaction <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>not otherwise subject to it.<br />
         		
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