HF 3974

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/12/2020 04:09pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; authorizing a county to establish speed limits under
certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section
169.14, subdivision 5h.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 169.14, subdivision 5h, is amended
to read:

Subd. 5h.

Speed limits on city streets and county highways.

(a) A city may establish
speed limits for city streets under the city's jurisdiction other than the limits provided in
subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation. This subdivision
does not apply to town roads, county highways, or trunk highways in the city.

(b) A county may establish speed limits for county highways under the county's
jurisdiction other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering
and traffic investigation.

(c) A city political subdivision that establishes speed limits pursuant to this section must
implement speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. The city political
subdivision must erect appropriate signs to display the speed limit. A city political subdivision
that uses the authority under this subdivision must develop procedures to set speed limits
based on the city's political subdivision's safety, engineering, and traffic analysis. At a
minimum, the safety, engineering, and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed
limit guidance and studies, local traffic crashes, pedestrian safety, and methods to effectively
communicate the change to the public.

(d) Nothing in this subdivision authorizes (1) a city to establish speed limits on town
roads, county highways, or trunk highways in the city, or (2) a county to establish speed
limits on city streets, town roads, or trunk highways in the county.