HF 928

3rd Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:43am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; modifying various provisions related to transportation;
prohibiting certain acts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 169.15;
171.12, subdivision 6; 174.86, subdivision 5; 473.167, subdivision 2a; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 171.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [160.2755] PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT REST AREAS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Prohibited activities. new text end

new text begin It is unlawful at rest areas to:
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new text begin (1) dispose of travel-related trash and rubbish, except if depositing it in a designated
receptacle;
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new text begin (2) dump household or commercial trash and rubbish into containers or anywhere
else on site;
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new text begin (3) drain or dump refuse or waste from any trailer, recreational vehicle, or other
vehicle except where receptacles are provided and designated to receive the refuse or
waste;
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new text begin (4) consume alcoholic beverages or possess open containers of alcoholic beverages,
except in accordance with section 169A.35, subdivision 6;
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new text begin (5) remain for a period of over six hours, except (i) as provided under section
160.2721, and (ii) for an employee who is working at the rest area;
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new text begin (6) make arrangements for camping; or
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new text begin (7) allow a motor vehicle or trailer to remain unattended, when no member of a
party or group travelling in association with the motor vehicle or trailer is also present
at the rest area.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Penalty. new text end

new text begin Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor, except that
violation of subdivision 1, clause (4), is a misdemeanor.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15, is amended to read:

169.15 IMPEDING TRAFFIC new text begin ; INTERSECTION GRIDLOCK new text end .

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Impeding traffic; drive at slow speed. new text end

No person shall drive a
motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law or except when the vehicle is temporarily unable to maintain a greater
speed due to a combination of the weight of the vehicle and the grade of the highway.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Intersection gridlock; stop or block traffic. new text end

new text begin No driver of a motor
vehicle shall enter an intersection until the vehicle is able to move completely through
the intersection without impeding or blocking the subsequent movement of cross traffic,
unless such movement is at the direction of a city-authorized traffic-control agent or a
police officer or to facilitate passage of an authorized emergency vehicle. A violation of
this subdivision does not constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the violator's
driver's license.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2010, and applies to
violations committed on or after that date.
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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Certain convictions not recorded.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b), the department shall not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation
of a speed limit of 55 or 60 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater
than ten miles per hour in excess of deleted text begin a 55 miles per hour deleted text end new text begin the new text end speed limit deleted text begin , or more than five
miles per hour in excess of a 60 miles per hour speed limit deleted text end .

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

Sec. 4.

new text begin [171.163] COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORD KEEPING.
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new text begin An agency, court, or public official in Minnesota shall not mask, defer imposition of
judgment, or allow an individual to enter into a diversion program that would prevent a
conviction for a violation of a state or local traffic control law, except a parking violation,
from appearing on the driving record of a holder of a commercial driver's license, when
the violation is committed in any type of motor vehicle, or on the driving record of an
individual who committed the violation in a commercial motor vehicle.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Commuter Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee.

(a) A Commuter
Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee deleted text begin shall be deleted text end new text begin is new text end established to advise the commissioner
on issues relating to the alternatives analysis, environmental review, advanced corridor
planning, preliminary engineering, final design, implementation method, construction of
commuter rail, public involvement, land use, service, and safety. The Commuter Rail
Corridor Coordinating Committee shall consist of:

(1) one member representing each significant funding partner in whose jurisdiction
the line or lines are located;

(2) one member appointed by each county in which the corridors are located;

(3) one member appointed by each city in which advanced corridor plans indicate
that a station may be located;

(4) two members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom shall be designated
by the commissioner as the chair of the committee;

(5) one member appointed by each metropolitan planning organization through
which the commuter rail line may pass; deleted text begin and
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(6) one member appointed by the president of the University of Minnesota, if a
designated corridor provides direct service to the university deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (7) two members of labor organizations operating in, and with authority for, trains or
rail yards or stations junctioning with freight and commuter rail lines on corridors, with
one member appointed by the speaker of the house and the other member appointed by the
senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Committees.
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(b) A joint powers board existing on April 1, 1999, consisting of local governments
along a commuter rail corridor, shall perform the functions set forth in paragraph (a) in
place of the committee.

(c) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.167, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

deleted text begin Hardship deleted text end new text begin Loans for new text end acquisition and relocation.

(a) The council may
make deleted text begin hardship deleted text end loans to acquiring authorities within the metropolitan area to purchase
homestead property located in a proposed state trunk highway right-of-way or project,
and to provide relocation assistance. Acquiring authorities are authorized to accept the
loans and to acquire the property. Except as provided in this subdivision, the loans shall
be made as provided in subdivision 2. Loans shall be in the amount of the fair market
value of the homestead property plus relocation costs and less salvage value. Before
construction of the highway begins, the acquiring authority shall convey the property to
the commissioner of transportation at the same price it paid, plus relocation costs and less
its salvage value. Acquisition and assistance under this subdivision must conform to
sections 117.50 to 117.56.

(b) The council may make deleted text begin hardship deleted text end loans only when:

(1) the owner of affected homestead property requests acquisition and relocation
assistance from an acquiring authority;

(2) federal or state financial participation is not available;

(3) the owner is unable to sell the homestead property at its appraised market
value because the property is located in a proposed state trunk highway right-of-way or
project as indicated on an official map or plat adopted under section 160.085, 394.361, or
462.359; new text begin and
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(4) the council agrees to and approves the fair market value of the homestead
property, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld deleted text begin ; and deleted text end new text begin .
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deleted text begin (5) the owner of the homestead property is burdened by circumstances that constitute
a hardship, such as catastrophic medical expenses; a transfer of the homestead owner by
the owner's employer to a distant site of employment; or inability of the owner to maintain
the property due to physical or mental disability or the permanent departure of children
from the homestead.
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(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given
them.

(1) "Acquiring authority" means counties, towns, and statutory and home rule
charter cities in the metropolitan area.

(2) "Homestead property" means a single-family dwelling occupied by the owner,
and the surrounding land, not exceeding a total of ten acres.

(3) "Salvage value" means the probable sale price of the dwelling and other property
that is severable from the land if offered for sale on the condition that it be removed from
the land at the buyer's expense, allowing a reasonable time to find a buyer with knowledge
of the possible uses of the property, including separate use of serviceable components and
scrap when there is no other reasonable prospect of sale.