SF 1647

4th Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/27/2015 12:17pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating
money for transportation, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan
Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; amending various provisions
governing transportation policy and finance; establishing an account; requiring
reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1;
16E.15, subdivision 2; 117.036, subdivisions 2, 4; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.27,
by adding a subdivision; 161.231; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 162.07,
subdivision 1a; 168.013, subdivisions 1d, 1g; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.1299,
subdivision 1; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.07, by adding a subdivision;
168D.06; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 2; 169.49; 169.782,
subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.798, subdivision 4; 169.81, by adding a subdivision;
169.87, subdivision 6; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.40, by
adding a subdivision; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision;
221.605, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 299A.465, subdivisions
2, 5, by adding subdivisions; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 299D.09; 360.305,
subdivision 4; 473.146, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as
amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; article
11, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160;
162; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02.

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

ARTICLE 1

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.

The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations by fund made
in this act, and do not have legal effect.

		2016		2017		Total
General	$	139,347,000	$	135,792,000	$	275,139,000
Airports		25,109,000		25,109,000		50,218,000
C.S.A.H.		670,768,000		698,495,000		1,369,263,000
M.S.A.S.		170,743,000		178,141,000		348,884,000
Special Revenue		61,475,000		62,210,000		123,685,000
H.U.T.D.		2,192,000		2,213,000		4,405,000
Trunk Highway		1,673,708,000		1,672,006,000		3,345,714,000
Total	$	2,743,342,000	$	2,773,966,000	$	5,517,308,000

Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.

The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
indicated for each purpose. Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in
the corresponding columns marked "Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and
do have legal effect. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the
appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or
June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal
year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

			APPROPRIATIONS
			Available for the Year
			Ending June 30
				2016		2017

Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation

$

2,488,269,000

$

2,496,573,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	44,115,000	21,058,000
Airports	25,109,000	25,109,000
C.S.A.H.	670,768,000	698,495,000
M.S.A.S.	170,743,000	178,141,000
Trunk Highway	1,577,534,000	1,573,770,000

The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.

Subd. 2. Multimodal Systems

(a) Aeronautics

(1) Airport Development and Assistance

19,798,000

19,798,000

This appropriation is from the state
airports fund and must be spent according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
subdivision 4.

The base appropriation in each of fiscal years
2018 and 2019 is $14,298,000.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
available for five years after appropriation.
If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.

(2) Aviation Support and Services

6,661,000

6,661,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
Airports	5,311,000	5,311,000
Trunk Highway	1,350,000	1,350,000

$80,000 in each year is from the state airports
fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

The base appropriation from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
$1,479,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$1,623,000.

(b) Transit

20,543,000

20,567,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	19,745,000	19,745,000
Trunk Highway	798,000	822,000

The base appropriation from the general
fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019
is $17,245,000.

The base appropriation from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is $846,000
and in fiscal year 2019 is $873,000.

(c) Safe Routes to School

500,000

500,000

This appropriation is from the general fund
for the safe routes to school program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

(d) Passenger Rail

500,000

500,000

This appropriation is from the general
fund for passenger rail system planning,
alternatives analysis, environmental analysis,
design, and preliminary engineering under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to
174.636.

(e) Freight

13,445,000

5,452,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	8,401,000	256,000
Trunk Highway	5,044,000	5,196,000

$145,000 in the first year is from the general
fund for a grant to the Minnesota Commercial
Railway for emergency temporary repairs
to approximately 6.5 miles of railroad track
described as that portion of the Minnesota
Commercial main running lead, between
M&D Junction in White Bear Lake and the
end of track in Hugo.

$3,000,000 in the first year is from the
general fund for port development assistance
program grants under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 457A. Any improvements made with
the proceeds of these grants must be publicly
owned. This is a onetime appropriation and
is available in the second year.

$5,000,000 in the first year is from the
general fund for rail grade crossing
safety improvements. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available in the second
year.

The base appropriation from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
$5,350,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$5,522,000.

Subd. 3. State Roads

(a) Operations and Maintenance

288,405,000

290,916,000

The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018
is $292,140,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$301,545,000.

(b) Program Planning and Delivery

237,529,000

231,252,000

$130,000 in each year is available for
administrative costs of the targeted group
business program.

$266,000 in each year is available for grants
to metropolitan planning organizations
outside the seven-county metropolitan area.

$900,000 in each year is available for
grants for transportation studies outside
the metropolitan area to identify critical
concerns, problems, and issues. These
grants are available: (1) to regional
development commissions; (2) in regions
where no regional development commission
is functioning, to joint powers boards
established under agreement of two or
more political subdivisions in the region to
exercise the planning functions of a regional
development commission; and (3) in regions
where no regional development commission
or joint powers board is functioning, to the
department's district office for that region.

$1,000,000 in each year is available
for management of contaminated and
regulated material on property owned by
the Department of Transportation, including
mitigation of property conveyances, facility
acquisition or expansion, chemical release at
maintenance facilities, and spills on the trunk
highway system where there is no known
responsible party. If the appropriation for
either year is insufficient, the appropriation
for the other year is available for it.

$6,804,000 in the first year and $1,000,000 in
the second year are available for the purposes
stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.16,
subdivision 2.

The base appropriation for program
planning and delivery in fiscal year 2018
is $227,004,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$234,331,000.

(c) State Road Construction

779,664,000

744,166,000

This appropriation is for the actual
construction, reconstruction, and
improvement of trunk highways, including
design-build contracts, internal department
costs associated with delivering the
construction program, and consultant usage
to support these activities. This includes the
cost of actual payment to landowners for
lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
relocation expenses.

$1,000,000 in the first year is to complete
projects using funds made available to
the commissioner of transportation under
title XII of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law
111-5, and implemented under Minnesota
Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7.

$10,000,000 in each year is for the
transportation economic development
program under Minnesota Statutes, section
174.12.

The commissioner may expend up to one-half
of one percent of the federal appropriations
under this paragraph as grants to opportunity
industrialization centers and other nonprofit
job training centers for job training programs
related to highway construction.

The commissioner may transfer up to
$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
revolving loan fund.

The commissioner may receive money
covering other shares of the cost of
partnership projects. These receipts are
appropriated to the commissioner for these
projects.

The base appropriation for state road
construction in each of fiscal years 2018 and
2019 is $695,800,000.

(d) Highway Debt Service

197,381,000

231,199,000

$187,881,000 the first year and $221,699,000
the second year are for transfer to the state
bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
to make all transfers required in the year
for which it is made, the commissioner
of management and budget shall transfer
the deficiency amount under the statutory
open appropriation, and notify the chairs
and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over
transportation finance and the chairs of the
senate Committee on Finance and the house
of representatives Committee on Ways and
Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any
excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
highway fund.

(e) Statewide Radio Communications

5,358,000

5,486,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	35,000	3,000
Trunk Highway	5,323,000	5,483,000

$3,000 in each year is from the general fund to
equip and operate the Roosevelt signal tower
for Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

$32,000 in the first year is from the general
fund for a weather transmitter in Lake of the
Woods County.

The base appropriation from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
$5,645,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$5,826,000.

Subd. 4. Local Roads

(a) County State-Aid Roads

670,768,000

698,495,000

This appropriation is from the county
state-aid highway fund under Minnesota
Statutes, section 161.081, and chapter 162,
and is available until spent.

If the commissioner of transportation
determines that a balance remains in the
county state-aid highway fund following
the appropriations and transfers made in
this paragraph, and that the appropriations
made are insufficient for advancing county
state-aid highway projects, an amount
necessary to advance the projects, not to
exceed the balance in the county state-aid
highway fund, is appropriated in each year
to the commissioner. Within two weeks
of a determination under this contingent
appropriation, the commissioner of
transportation shall notify the commissioner
of management and budget and the chairs
and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction
over transportation finance concerning
funds appropriated. The commissioner shall
identify in the next budget submission to the
legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.11, any amount that is appropriated
under this paragraph.

(b) Municipal State-Aid Roads

170,743,000

178,141,000

This appropriation is from the municipal
state-aid street fund under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 162, and is available until
spent.

If the commissioner of transportation
determines that a balance remains in the
municipal state-aid street fund following the
appropriations and transfers made in this
paragraph, and that the appropriations made
are insufficient for advancing municipal
state-aid street projects, an amount necessary
to advance the projects, not to exceed
the balance in the municipal state-aid
street fund, is appropriated in each year
to the commissioner. Within two weeks
of a determination under this contingent
appropriation, the commissioner of
transportation shall notify the commissioner
of management and budget and the chairs
and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction
over transportation finance concerning
funds appropriated. The commissioner shall
identify in the next budget submission to the
legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.11, any amount that is appropriated
under this paragraph.

(c) Small Cities Assistance

12,500,000

0

This appropriation is from the general fund
for small cities assistance under Minnesota
Statutes, section 162.145.

Subd. 5. Agency Management

(a) Agency Services

42,722,000

43,519,000

The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018
is $44,316,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$45,206,000.

(b) Buildings

18,772,000

19,321,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	54,000	54,000
Trunk Highway	18,718,000	19,267,000

Any money appropriated to the commissioner
of transportation for building construction for
any fiscal year before the first year is available
to the commissioner of transportation
during the biennium to the extent that the
commissioner spends the money on the
building construction projects for which the
money was originally encumbered during the
fiscal year for which it was appropriated.

If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.

The base appropriation from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
$20,031,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
$20,885,000.

(c) Tort Claims

600,000

600,000

If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.

Subd. 6. Transfers

With the approval of the commissioner of
management and budget, the commissioner
of transportation may transfer unencumbered
balances among the appropriations from the
trunk highway fund and the state airports
fund made in this section. No transfer
may be made from the appropriations for
state road construction or for debt service.
Transfers under this rider may not be made
between funds. Transfers under this rider
must be reported immediately to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over
transportation finance.

The commissioner of transportation shall
transfer from the flexible highway account in
the county state-aid highway fund the entire
amount in each year to the county turnback
account in the county state-aid highway
fund. The funds transferred are for highway
turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes,
section 161.081, subdivision 3.

Subd. 7. Previous State Road Construction Appropriations

Any money appropriated to the commissioner
of transportation for state road construction
for any fiscal year before the first year is
available to the commissioner during the
biennium to the extent that the commissioner
spends the money on the state road
construction project for which the money
was originally encumbered during the fiscal
year for which it was appropriated.

Subd. 8. Contingent Appropriation

The commissioner of transportation, with
the approval of the governor and the
written approval of at least five members
of a group consisting of the members of
the Legislative Advisory Commission
under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30,
and the ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over
transportation finance, may transfer all or
part of the unappropriated balance in the
trunk highway fund to an appropriation:
(1) for trunk highway design, construction,
or inspection in order to take advantage of
an unanticipated receipt of income to the
trunk highway fund or to take advantage
of federal advanced construction funding;
(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order
to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort
or environmental claims. Nothing in this
subdivision authorizes the commissioner
to increase the use of federal advanced
construction funding beyond amounts
specifically authorized. Any transfer as
a result of the use of federal advanced
construction funding must include an
analysis of the effects on the long-term
trunk highway fund balance. The amount
transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
the account to which it is transferred.

Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

$

81,626,000

$

101,126,000

This appropriation is from the general fund
for transit system operations under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.

Of this amount, $27,300,000 is available
through fiscal year 2018.

Of this appropriation, $1,000,000 in
each year is for financial assistance to
replacement service providers under
Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to
implement a demonstration project that
provides regular route transit or express
bus service between municipalities in the
metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2,
excluding cities of the first class. The council
may not retain any portion of funds specified
in this rider. The replacement service
providers shall collectively identify one or
more demonstration projects for financial
assistance and submit a notification of the
allocation to the council. The council shall
allocate the appropriated funds as directed by
the replacement service providers. Criteria
for evaluating and identifying demonstration
projects must include but are not limited to:
(1) scope of service offering improvements;
(2) integration with transit facilities and
major business, retail, or suburban centers;
(3) extent to which a proposed route
complements existing transit service; and
(4) density of employment along a proposed
route. This is a onetime appropriation.

Of this appropriation, $200,000 in the first
year is for grants payable by July 31, 2016,
to transportation management organizations
that provide services exclusively or primarily
in (1) each city of the first class, as provided
under section 410.01; and (2) the city having
the highest population as of the effective
date of this section located along the marked
Interstate Highway 494 corridor. Permissible
uses include administrative expenses and
programming and service expansion,
including but not limited to staffing,
communications, outreach and education
program development, and operations
management. The council may not retain any
portion of funds under this appropriation.

The base appropriation in each of fiscal years
2018 and 2019 is $89,820,000.

Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation

$

173,447,000

$

176,267,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	13,606,000	13,608,000
Special Revenue	61,475,000	62,210,000
H.U.T.D.	2,192,000	2,213,000
Trunk Highway	96,174,000	98,236,000

The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.

Subd. 2. Administration and Related Services

(a) Office of Communications

517,000

530,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	113,000	115,000
Trunk Highway	404,000	415,000

(b) Public Safety Support

9,035,000

9,124,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	3,982,000	3,987,000
H.U.T.D.	1,366,000	1,366,000
Trunk Highway	3,687,000	3,771,000

The base appropriation from the general
fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is
$3,537,000.

$380,000 in each year is from the general
fund for payment of public safety officer
survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
either year is insufficient, the appropriation
for the other year is available for it.

$1,367,000 in each year is from the general
fund to be deposited in the public safety
officer's benefit account. This money
is available for reimbursements under
Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.

$600,000 in each year is from the general
fund and $100,000 in each year is from the
trunk highway fund for soft body armor
reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes,
section 299A.38.

$450,000 in each year is from the general
fund for the creation of two emergency
response teams. One emergency response
team must be under the jurisdiction of the
St. Cloud Fire Department, or a similarly
located fire department if necessary, and one
emergency response team must be under the
jurisdiction of the Duluth Fire Department.
The commissioner shall allocate the funds
as needed to facilitate the creation and
maintenance of the emergency response
teams. This is a onetime appropriation.

(c) Technology and Support Service

3,685,000

3,685,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	1,322,000	1,322,000
H.U.T.D.	19,000	19,000
Trunk Highway	2,344,000	2,344,000

Subd. 3. State Patrol

(a) Patrolling Highways

81,516,000

83,121,000

Appropriations by Fund
	2016	2017
General	154,000	37,000
H.U.T.D.	92,000	92,000
Trunk Highway	81,270,000	82,992,000

$858,000 from the trunk highway fund in the
first year and $117,000 from the general fund
in the first year is to purchase a single-engine
aircraft for the State Patrol.

(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

8,023,000

8,257,000

(c) Capitol Security

8,035,000

8,147,000

This appropriation is from the general fund.

The commissioner may not: (1) spend
any money from the trunk highway fund
for capitol security; or (2) permanently
transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
highways activity to capitol security.

The commissioner may not transfer any
money appropriated to the commissioner
under this section: (1) to capitol security; or
(2) from capitol security.

(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit

715,000

736,000

This appropriation is from the highway user
tax distribution fund.

This appropriation is to investigate: (1)
registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax
liabilities from individuals and businesses
that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
and (2) illegal or improper activity related
to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
motor vehicles.

Subd. 4. Driver and Vehicle Services

(a) Vehicle Services

29,818,000

30,082,000

This appropriation is from the vehicle
services operating account in the special
revenue fund.

$59,000 in each year is for the creation of a
Data Services Unit within the Division of
Driver and Vehicle Services.

The base appropriation from the special
revenue fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and
2019 is $21,846,000.

The base appropriation from the highway
user tax distribution fund in each of fiscal
years 2018 and 2019 is $8,236,000.

(b) Driver Services

30,286,000

30,740,000

This appropriation is from the driver services
operating account in the special revenue fund.

$31,000 in each year is for the creation of a
Data Services Unit within the Division of
Driver and Vehicle Services.

Subd. 5. Traffic Safety

446,000

457,000

Subd. 6. Pipeline Safety

1,371,000

1,388,000

This appropriation is from the pipeline safety
account in the special revenue fund.

Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.

$29,700,000 of the appropriation under Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 4,
is canceled to the general fund on the effective date of this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATIONS.

All unspent funds, estimated to be $2,380,000, to provide the 20 percent local match
funding required to obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to
repair local roads and bridges damaged by June 2014 flooding, under Laws 2015, chapter
2, section 3, are canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2015.

Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.

$2,380,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
transportation in fiscal year 2016 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required to
obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads and
bridges damaged by flooding in June 2014. This is a onetime appropriation.

ARTICLE 2

TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Classifications.

(a) The following government data of the
Department of Public Safety are private data:

(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking
certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;

(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 169.345, except
that (i) data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and
(ii) data necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released to
parking enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule
charter cities and towns;

(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration
records, except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of
Revenue for purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for
purposes of workers' compensation administration and enforcement, and the Department
of Natural Resources for purposes of license application administration; and

(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 171.07,
subdivision 11, except that the data must be released to:

(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a
designated caregiver; or

(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to
communicate at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated
caregiver of the need to care for a child of the license holder.

The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause
(3) and must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of
Social Security numbers for any other purpose.

(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are
confidential data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received
from a member of the individual's family.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Software sale fund.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b)
and (c), proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services by the chief
information officer must be credited to the MN.IT services revolving fund. If a state
agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services has contributed to the development of
software sold or licensed under this section, the chief information officer may reimburse
the agency by discounting computer services provided to that agency.

(b) Proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed
by the Pollution Control Agency, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, must be
credited to the environmental fund.

(c) If the Department of Transportation develops software products or services using
trunk highway funds, proceeds from the subsequent sale or licensing of the software
products or services must be credited to the trunk highway fund. This paragraph also
applies to software products or services custom developed by a vendor for the department
using trunk highway funds.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Appraisal.

(a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under
this chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at
least one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal, the
appraiser must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably possible.
For acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage
acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition
report, the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more of
the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 13.44, the
acquiring authority must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property
acquisitions over $25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties
under $25,000, the acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is
made, but no later than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 117.055, and.
The acquiring authority must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under
this section. Upon request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner all
appraisals of the property for properties over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition
report for properties under $25,000. If the acquiring authority is considering both a full
and partial taking of the property, the acquiring authority shall obtain and provide the
owner with appraisals for both types of takings for properties over $25,000 for both types
of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties under $25,000.

(b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property
proposed to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable costs
of the appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 for single family
and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for
other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority the
information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal,
at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this
paragraph subdivision, a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property
that a qualified person with appraisal knowledge having an understanding of the local real
estate market indicates can be acquired for a cost of $10,000 $25,000 or less.

(c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30
days after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon
agreement between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may pay
the reimbursement directly to the appraiser.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Use of appraisal at commissioners' hearing.

An appraisal or
minimum damage acquisition report must not be used or considered in a condemnation
commissioners' hearing, nor may the appraiser who prepared the appraisal or the person
who prepared the minimum damage acquisition report testify, unless a copy of the
appraiser's written report or the minimum damage acquisition report is provided to the
opposing party at least five days before the hearing.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Conditions.

(a) A road authority may accept applications for permits for
installation of drain tile along or across the right-of-way under its jurisdiction. The road
authority may adopt reasonable rules for the installations and may require a bond before
granting a permit. Permits for installation along a highway right-of-way must ensure that
the length of the installation is restricted to the minimum necessary to achieve the desired
agricultural benefits. A permit must not allow open trenches to be left on the right-of-way
after installation of the drain tile is completed. A road authority that grants a permit for
tile drain installation is not responsible for damage to that installation resulting from the
action of the authority or any other permittee utilizing the right-of-way.

(b) A person who installs drain tile along or across a highway right-of-way without
obtaining a permit as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) The commissioner shall take no action under this section which will result in the
loss of federal aid for highway construction in the state.

(d) For the purpose of this section subdivisions 2 to 4, "highway" means any
highway as defined in section 160.02 which is located outside the corporate limits of a
home rule charter or statutory city.

Sec. 6.

[160.235] TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.

(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial
roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per day
must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it to the
Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of all
signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation,
and date of last timing optimization.

(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to
paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan, which
must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years. Each road
authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance with its
plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.

(c) Upon request of a local road authority, the commissioner shall provide reasonable
technical assistance to meet the requirements under this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment. The
initial inventory under paragraph (a) must be submitted on or before December 30, 2015.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 10.

Temporary permit for field application.

(a) In connection with
the use of the road right-of-way of a road authority, excluding on controlled-access
highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property abutting the
road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 days, of a
pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.

(b) The property owner or occupant must:

(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;

(2) place the force main within the backslope of the road authority's right-of-way
where possible;

(3) place pumping equipment outside the road authority's right-of-way; and

(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the road authority.

(c) Once the road authority has issued a permit, the property owner or occupant may
install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the permittee's property to
where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the permittee is the owner or
occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way where the force main is
to be installed.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.231, is amended to read:

161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM LEASED STATE
PROPERTY.

There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which
the rental money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state leased property
is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under the
provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202, 161.23, subdivision 3,
161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 272.68, subdivision 3, including
the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell, lease,
rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land. At the
discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each
biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Small targeted group business; subcontracting goals.

(a) The
commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that
require the for targeted group business participation in contracts. As a condition of award,
the prime contractor is required to subcontract portions of the contract to small targeted
group businesses. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the
project goals.The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from
the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not
reasonably available either meet the goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the
goal. The commissioner must establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith efforts
of contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial
incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who fail to make good faith
efforts to meet the goals set under this subdivision.

(b) The small targeted group business subcontracting requirements of this
subdivision do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:

Subd. 2c.

Veteran-owned small business; subcontracting goals.

(a) The
commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that
require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to veteran-owned small
businesses for veteran-owned small business participation in contracts, except when
prohibited by federal law or rule as a condition of receiving federal funds. As a condition
of award, the prime contractors contractor must either meet the goal or demonstrate good
faith efforts to meet the project goals. The commissioner shall must establish a procedure
for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified veteran-owned
small businesses are not reasonably available evaluating the good faith efforts of
contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial
incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who have not been granted
a waiver and fail to make good faith efforts to meet goals set under this subdivision.

(b) The subcontracting requirements of this subdivision do not apply to prime
contractors who are veteran-owned small businesses.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Contract awards, limitations.

Contracts awarded pursuant to this section
are subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by The commissioner may elect to
subject contracts awarded under this section to limitations contained in rules adopted by
the commissioner of administration.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Apportionment sum and excess sum.

(a) For purposes of this
subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 162.06,
subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs,
disaster account, research account, and state park road account.

(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated
in paragraph (c), from as 68 percent of the distribution amount.

(c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within 32 percent of the
distribution amount:.

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

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

(3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the
percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index
identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
determined by the United States Department of Labor.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2015, for distribution
calculations on or after that date.

Sec. 13.

[162.145] SMALL CITIES ASSISTANCE.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

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

(b) "Eligible city" means a statutory or home rule charter city that does not receive
municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14 in the calendar year in which funds
are distributed under this section.

(c) "Maximum aid" means 3.5 multiplied by the unweighted average amount of
assistance to a city in a fiscal year.

(d) "Population" means the most recent population estimated or established as of 30
days before the date of an allocation under subdivision 4, of (i) the most recent federal
census, (ii) a special census conducted under contract with the United States Bureau of
the Census, (iii) a population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to
section 473.24, or (iv) a population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant to
section 4A.02.

(e) "State-aid adjustment factor" means the greater of zero, or:

(1) 0.005; minus

(2) the number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in a city, divided by the
total number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in all eligible cities.

(f) "Total population" means the sum of populations of all eligible cities.

Subd. 2.

Small cities assistance account.

A small cities assistance account is
created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided by law,
and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
Money in the account may only be expended as provided under this section.

Subd. 3.

Administration.

(a) Subject to funds made available by law, the
commissioner shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall notify the
commissioner of revenue.

(b) Following notification from the commissioner of transportation, the
commissioner of revenue shall distribute the specified funds to cities in the same manner
as local government aid under chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner of
transportation under this section is available to the commissioner of revenue for the
purposes specified in this paragraph.

(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under
this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision 2. A
city that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary to
show that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4.

Subd. 4.

Distribution formula.

(a) In each fiscal year in which funds are available
under this section, the commissioner shall allocate funds to eligible cities.

(b) The preliminary aid to each city is calculated as follows:

(1) 5 percent of funds allocated equally among all eligible cities;

(2) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of lane
miles of municipal streets compared to total lane miles of municipal streets of all eligible
cities;

(3) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of
population compared to total population of all eligible cities; and

(4) 25 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of state-aid
adjustment factor compared to the sum of state-aid adjustment factors of all eligible cities.

(c) The final aid to each city is calculated as the lesser of:

(1) the preliminary aid to the city multiplied by an aid factor; or

(2) the maximum aid.

(d) The commissioner shall set the aid factor under paragraph (c), which must be the
same for all eligible cities, so that the total funds allocated under this subdivision equals
the total amount available for the fiscal year.

Subd. 5.

Use of funds.

(a) Funds distributed under this section are available only for
construction and maintenance of roads located within the city, including:

(1) land acquisition, environmental analysis, design, engineering, construction,
reconstruction, and maintenance;

(2) road projects partially located within the city;

(3) projects on county state-aid highways located within the city; and

(4) cost participation on road projects under the jurisdiction of another unit of
government.

(b) Except for projects under paragraph (a), clause (3), funds distributed under this
section are not subject to state-aid requirements under this chapter, including but not
limited to engineering standards adopted by the commissioner in rules.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:

Subd. 1d.

Trailer.

(a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater
than 3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the
Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds
or less, and when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the
first eight years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate
schedule, and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of
the Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle
weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either:
(1) annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis of
total gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision
1e, provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is
multiplied by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in
the same manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).

(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described in
section 168.002, subdivision 8, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.

(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight
of 3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the license
plate is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same gross vehicle
weight. The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in Minnesota
is $55. For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:

(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration tax
is $25; or

(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for the
first renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30,
2003. These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after
July 1, 2003, and the registration tax is $20.

For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001,
but not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent
registration must be issued.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:

Subd. 1g.

Recreational vehicle.

(a) Self-propelled recreational vehicles shall must
be separately licensed and taxed annually on the basis of total gross weight and. The
tax shall must be graduated according to the Minnesota base rate schedule prescribed
in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $20, except as otherwise provided in this
subdivision.

(b) For all self-propelled recreational vehicles, the tax for the ninth and succeeding
years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate
schedule.

(c) Towed recreational vehicles shall must be separately licensed and taxed under
either one of the following, as determined by the vehicle owner: (1) annually on the basis
of total gross weight at 30 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e
but ; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total gross weight at 90 percent of the
Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, provided that the filing fee under section
168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied by three, with funds collected by the
commissioner allocated proportionally in the same manner as provided in section 168.33,
subdivision 7, paragraph (e). In no event is the tax under this paragraph less than $5.

(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all trailers and semitrailers taxed
pursuant to this section shall be are exempt from any wheelage tax now or hereafter
imposed by any political subdivision or political subdivisions.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment,
and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Application; fee; penalty.

Any person, firm, or corporation with
a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles
owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by
means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other
combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state
from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or
without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license.
This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and
contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the
payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away
in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent
with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within
Minnesota transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the
purpose of permanent vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional
drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured
from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of
additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a
drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the
saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their
own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application,
as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty
of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined
not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating
without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.1299, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Issuance.

Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the commissioner shall
issue special Minnesota golf plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:

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

(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;

(3) contributes a minimum of $30 annually after January 1, 2017, to the Minnesota
Section PGA Foundation account; and

(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
and licensing of drivers.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to plates
issued on or after that date.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Filing fees; allocations.

(a) In addition to all other statutory fees and
taxes, a filing fee of:

(1) $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
transactions; and

(2) $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor
carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):

(1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for
a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
registrar; and

(2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title
for a vehicle.

(c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal
notices sent out by the commissioner.

(d) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit
card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the
commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
credit and debit card transactions.

(e) The fees collected under this subdivision by the department must be allocated
as follows:

(1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):

(i) $4.50 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and

(ii) $1.50 must be deposited:

(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and
initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and

(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle
services operating account; and

(2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):

(i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;

(ii) $5.00 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and

(iii) $1.50 must be deposited:

(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and
initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and

(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle services
operating account.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168A.07, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 3.

Fees.

The filing fee to create a conditional registration shall conform with
the fee provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (3). A subsequent
removal and clearing of a conditional registration is considered a separate transaction and
requires payment of an additional filing fee of the same amount, provided the removal and
clearing was initiated by a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168D.06, is amended to read:

168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.

License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement
must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund
under section 299A.705. The commissioner shall charge an annual fuel license fee of
$15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for quarterly reporting of fuel tax, and a
reinstatement fee of $100 to reinstate a revoked International Fuel Tax Agreement license.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.18, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Passing certain parked vehicles.

(a) When approaching and before
passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road maintenance vehicle, utility company
vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning lights activated that is parked or otherwise
stopped on or next to a street or highway having two lanes in the same direction, the driver
of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to the lane farthest away from the parked or
stopped vehicle, if it is possible to do so.

(b) When approaching and before passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road
maintenance vehicle, utility company vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning
lights activated that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway
having more than two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely move
the vehicle so as to leave a full lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which the
vehicle is completely or partially parked or otherwise stopped, if it is possible to do so.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Prohibition on use; penalty.

(a) No person may operate a motor vehicle
while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic
message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.

(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) a second or subsequent time must pay a
fine of $225, plus the amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established by the
Judicial Council.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to
violations committed on or after that date.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.49, is amended to read:

169.49 HEADLAMPS.

(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall must be equipped with at
least two headlamps, with including at least one on each side of the front of the motor
vehicle, which. Headlamps shall must comply with the requirements and limitations set
forth in sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.

(b) Every motorcycle shall must be equipped with at least one and not more than
two four headlamps, which shall must comply with the requirements and limitations of
sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Driver; daily inspection, report.

(a) The driver of a commercial
motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on inspect daily
each commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more
commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles
must require each driver to submit a written report at the completion of each day's work
as required by this section. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to this
section is not required to prepare and submit a written report if no defect or deficiency
is discovered by or reported to the driver, except that the driver of a passenger-carrying
commercial motor vehicle shall prepare and submit a written report regardless of whether
any defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the driver.

(b) The inspection and report must cover the following parts and accessories: service
brakes, including trailer and semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering
mechanism; lighting devices and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear
vision mirror or mirrors; coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.

(b) (c) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency
discovered by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or
result in its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported
to the driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing
it. In the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one
of the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning
the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle
during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.

(c) (d) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle
on which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or
the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would likely
affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing the commercial motor vehicle to
be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must certify, on the report listing the
defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has been corrected or that correction is
unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original vehicle inspection report for at least
three months after the date of inspection. The report must be available for inspection by
an authorized federal, state, or local official at any time during this period.

(d) (e) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections
resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power
unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power
unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The
copy must be made available on demand to (1) a peace officer, (2) a person authorized
under section 221.221, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Driver; pretrip inspection.

(a) Before driving Prior to the first operation
of a commercial motor vehicle following completion of a daily inspection report under
subdivision 1, a driver must:

(1) review the most recent vehicle inspection report on the vehicle;

(2) determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition; and

(3) sign the inspection report in the vehicle.

(b) The driver shall sign the report only if all defects and deficiencies listed in the
report have been certified as having been corrected or as not requiring correction.

(b) If the commercial motor vehicle does not contain the previous day's inspection
report, the driver must make the inspection and complete the report required under
subdivision 1.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Exceptions.

(a) With the exception of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause
(2), This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is a farm truck that may
be operated by a person not holding a commercial driver's license, provided that before
driving the vehicle, a driver must determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition.

(b) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle held for resale by a
motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.

(c) This section does not apply to a covered farm vehicle as defined in Code of
Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.5, that is not carrying hazardous materials of
a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with Code of
Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.504.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.798, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Attestation of Insurance information required.

Every owner, when
applying for motor vehicle or motorcycle registration, reregistration, or transfer of
ownership, must attest provide information showing that the motor vehicle or motorcycle
is covered by an insurance policy. Information required under this subdivision consists
of the insurance company's name, the policy number, and the policy expiration date for
the subject motor vehicle or motorcycle.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
registrations, reregistrations, and transfers of ownership occurring on or after that date.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3f.

Length limits exclusion; aerodynamic device.

An aerodynamic device
that meets the requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.16
(b)(4), is excluded from each calculation of length under subdivision 2, 3, or 3c, including
(1) total vehicle length; and (2) length of a semitrailer or trailer, whether in a vehicle
combination or not.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Recycling and garbage vehicles.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that
does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for
recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
recycling pickup.

(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a
vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for
recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000
pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal
solid waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, while engaged in such
collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per
single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively
for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.

(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions
imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for
recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and
used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03,
subdivision 21, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle
that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets,
while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a
civil penalty for excess weight under section 169.871.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 18a.

Electronic advertising device.

(a) "Electronic advertising device"
means an advertising device capable of displaying digital content that can be changed
through messaging or electronic communications technology.

(b) Digital content consists of static text and images only, and does not include
animation, flashing or moving lights, video, or other content having the appearance of
movement.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.15, is amended to read:

173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES.

(a) After June 8, 1971 no advertising device shall be erected or maintained:

(1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or
signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material
degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign
or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging,
or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet;

(2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger";

(3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or
immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency;

(4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise
provided by law or allowed by the commissioner;

(5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof;

(6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features,
or on public utility poles;

(7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to
be a traffic hazard;

(8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but
excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto;

(9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned.

(b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic
advertising device that changes displayed digital content no more frequently than once
every six seconds.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 4a.

Eligibility.

A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town is
eligible to receive funding under this section only if it has adopted subdivision regulations
that require safe routes to school infrastructure in developments authorized on or after
June 1, 2016.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.76, is amended to read:

219.76 FIRE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ENGINE TRAIN OR CONTENTS;
INSURABLE INTEREST.

A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in
damages to every person who is injured and corporation public or private entity or person
whose property is injured, damaged, or destroyed by fire communicated spread directly
or indirectly by the locomotive engines or rolling stock in use upon its railroad line, or
contents of the rolling stock, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge, or
combustion of train contents. Each railroad corporation shall have an insurable interest
in the property upon the route of its railroad line and may procure insurance in its own
behalf for its protection against the damages.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.761, is amended to read:

219.761 EXTINGUISHING LOCOMOTIVE RESPONSE TO
TRAIN-RELATED FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY; REIMBURSEMENT.

Subdivision 1.

Reimbursement.

(a) A railroad operating in Minnesota is liable for
all reasonable expenses of extinguishment when a fire or fire hazard other emergency that
is proximately caused by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock or its contents, or employees
on a railroad right-of-way or, operating property, or other property. If the fire department
of a local government or nonprofit firefighting corporation extinguishes an emergency
responder, local government entity, or nonprofit firefighting corporation responds to a
fire arising from one occurrence or responds to another emergency and deems that it is
entitled to reimbursement for its expenses, it shall, within 60 days after the first full day
after extinguishment the emergency response, give the railroad, by mail, written notice
stating the circumstances of the fire or other emergency as then known. The notice
may be given to the railroad at any address at which the owner has an office, agent, or
other place of business in this state. The date of the mailing is the date or service of the
notice. For purposes of this paragraph, reasonable response expenses include all expenses
incurred by a fire department or other emergency responder in supplying mutual aid
assistance, regardless of whether the fire department or emergency responder is entitled
to reimbursement from the entity requesting assistance.

(b) If after notice and claim for reimbursement, the railroad working the right-of-way
refuses to reimburse the local government, or nonprofit firefighting corporation, or other
emergency responders for expenses incurred, the claimant may recover by civil action
reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees.

Subd. 2.

Information in claim.

All claims must set forth the basis of the claim
including the time, date, place, and circumstances of the claim. A claim must also include
an itemization of costs incurred to extinguish the fire or respond to the emergency. The
state Fire Marshal, in consultation with fire department chiefs and, representatives of the
interested railroads, representatives of local government entities, nonprofit firefighting
corporations, and other emergency responders, may recommend that additional
information be included in a claim.

Subd. 3.

Other costs, remedies.

(a) If the railroads are required to pay property
taxes pursuant to chapter 272 or any other law, they shall also pay the fees and assessments
required of property owners situated within the same political subdivision for firefighting
and protection expenses.

(b) Neither the enactment of this section nor its subsequent repeal or termination
alters the statutory or common law rights, duties, or obligations of railroad companies
with regard to fires and other emergencies caused directly or indirectly by a railroad
locomotive, rolling stock, contents, or railroad employees on a railroad right-of-way
or, operating property, or other property, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear,
discharge, or combustion of train contents.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 9a.

Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited.

No intrastate
carrier, private carrier engaged in intrastate commerce, or person providing intrastate
transportation service described in section 221.025 shall operate a commercial motor
vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
385 or 386, is in effect.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.605, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 4.

Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited.

No interstate carrier
or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor
vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
385 or 386, is in effect.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Expenditures.

(a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail
service improvement account for the following purposes:

(1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments
on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program;

(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve
rail service of a rail user or a rail carrier;

(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail
service of a rail user or a rail carrier;

(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to
the state rail bank program;

(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad
tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the
existing alignment of the inplace track;

(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad
authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;

(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade
crossing improvement projects;

(8) for expenditures made before July 1, 2017, to pay the state matching portion
of grants under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
(TIGER) program of the United States Department of Transportation; and

(9) to fund rail planning studies; and

(10) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to
improve capacity or safety at rail yards.

(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad
right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall
be deposited in the rail service improvement account.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Officer or firefighter killed in line of duty.

(a) This subdivision applies
when a peace officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and
discharging the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's duties as a peace officer
or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.

(b) The officer's or firefighter's employer shall continue to cover the deceased
officer's or firefighter's dependents, including the officer's or firefighter's spouse:

(1) if the officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter was receiving dependent
coverage at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's death under
the employer's group health plan; or

(2) if the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's spouse was not covered
as a dependent at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's death,
but at that time was eligible, or afterward becomes eligible, to be a dependent on the
employer's group health plan.

(c) The employer is responsible for the employer's contribution for the coverage of
the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's dependents. Subject to subdivision
5, paragraph (b), clause (2), coverage must continue for a dependent of the officer or,
firefighter for the period of time that the person is a dependent up to the age of 65, or
volunteer firefighter as follows: (1) for a surviving spouse, until the surviving spouse
reaches the age of 65; and (2) for each other dependent, until the dependent reaches the
age of 26, except as otherwise provided in section 62L.02, subdivision 11.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
officer, firefighter, and volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 2a.

Volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty.

(a) This subdivision
applies when a volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and discharging the volunteer
firefighter's duties as a volunteer firefighter and the municipality or municipalities that
operate the fire department did not offer a group health insurance policy to which a
volunteer firefighter was eligible to subscribe.

(b) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the
volunteer firefighter served with shall, until coverage terminates as provided under
subdivision 2, paragraph (c), either: (1) provide health insurance coverage for the
volunteer firefighter's dependents that is equivalent to the average benefit provided by the
municipality or municipalities to dependents of its employees who are covered by the
plan; or (2) reimburse the dependents, if the municipality or municipalities do not offer a
group health insurance plan for any employees, for a minimum of 50 percent of the cost of
health insurance premiums for coverage selected by the dependents.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Definition.

For purposes of this section:

(a) "Peace officer" or "officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision
1, paragraph (c).

(b) "Dependent" means a person who: (1) meets the definition of dependent in
section 62L.02, subdivision 11, at the time of the officer's or firefighter's injury or death. a
person , or at the time of the volunteer firefighter's death; and (2) is not a dependent for
purposes of this section during the period of time the person is covered under another
group health plan. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible employee" as defined
under section 62L.02, subdivision 13, includes a volunteer firefighter.

(c) "Firefighter" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 424.03,
but does not include volunteer firefighters.

(d) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 7,
and includes paid per call.

(e) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 4.

(f) For purposes of subdivisions 2 to 5a, "employer" includes a municipality or
municipalities that operate the fire department in which a volunteer firefighter serves.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
officer and firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 5a.

Minimum benefit.

Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from
providing benefits to survivors of deceased volunteer firefighters that are greater than the
benefits required under this section.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Certificate.

No person may operate as an overdimensional load escort
driver in this state without a certificate issued by the commissioner, or by a state with
which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal agreement. The commissioner shall
assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated to cover the commissioner's cost of
establishing and administering the program. No other certification is required to escort
an overdimensional load.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.09, is amended to read:

299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.

(a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually
appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.

(b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle is $79.28
an hour. The fee charged for services provided without a vehicle is $59.28 an hour
shall be set to recover actual costs as determined by the commissioner of public safety
by July 1 each year.

(c) The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing
aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year
2012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter, and
$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 44.

[299F.037] REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS.

Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in the
line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue delay,
the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall identify the cause of death and
contain information concerning the circumstances of the death.

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account.

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision Annually by June 1, the commissioner
of transportation shall require as a condition of assistance by the state that the establish
local contribution rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public
corporation make a substantial contribution to the cost of the construction, improvement,
maintenance, or operation of the airport, in connection with which the assistance of the
state is sought. These costs are referred to as project costs when applying for state or
federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate an airport, or to
acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does not establish
local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.

(b) For any airport, whether key, intermediate, or landing strip, where only state and
local funds are to be used, the contribution shall be not less than one-fifth of the sum of:

(1) the project costs;

(2) acquisition costs of the land and clear zones, which are referred to as acquisition
costs. The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local
contribution rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity or
acquisition, except that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research
projects, radio or navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal funds are
available to cover more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary to
respond to an emergency.

(c) For any airport where federal, state, and local funds are to be used, the
contribution shall not be less than five percent of the sum of the project costs and
acquisition costs. The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not
subject to the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.

(d) The commissioner may pay the total cost of radio and navigational aids.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all of the
project costs of a new landing strip, but not an intermediate airport or key airport, or may
pay an amount equal to the federal funds granted and used for a new landing strip plus
all of the remaining project costs; but the total amount paid by the commissioner for the
project costs of a new landing strip, unless specifically authorized by an act appropriating
funds for the new landing strip, shall not exceed $200,000.

(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all the project
costs for research and development projects, including, but not limited to noise abatement;
provided that in no event shall the sums expended under this paragraph exceed five
percent of the amount appropriated for construction grants.

(g) (d) To receive aid under this section for project costs or for acquisition costs, the
municipality must enter into an agreement with the commissioner giving assurance that
the airport will be operated and maintained in a safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical
purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:

(1) for 20 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for
project construction or improvement costs are received by the municipality; and

(2) for 99 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for land
acquisition costs are received by the municipality. If any land acquired with state funds
ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the municipality shall repay the state airports fund
the same percentage of the appraised value of the property as that percentage of the costs
of acquisition and participation provided by the state to acquire the land.

The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.

(h) (e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account,
which shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings to
be constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports are
authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts with
the commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period of
time as may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from the
financing contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account and
are reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings. The
commissioner may pay from the hangar construction revolving account 80 percent of the
cost of financing construction of hangar buildings. For purposes of this paragraph, the
construction of hangars shall include their design. The commissioner shall transfer up to
$4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar construction revolving account.

(i) (f) The commissioner may pay a portion of the purchase price of any contribute
to costs incurred by any municipality for airport maintenance and operations, safety
equipment, and of the actual airport snow removal costs incurred by any municipality.
The portion to be paid by the state shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the purchase
price or snow removal. To receive aid a municipality must enter into an agreement of the
type referred to in paragraph (g).

(j) (g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of
municipally owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Transportation planning.

(a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated
planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by
section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation
Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal
transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of
transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties,
and municipalities.

(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and
representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning
responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:

(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;

(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's
designee;

(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the
commission;

(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;

(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the
freight transportation industry;

(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;

(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one
representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan
Municipalities;

(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan
area, appointed by the respective county boards;

(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and

(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program
under section 473.388, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and

(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.

(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment,
and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
Washington.

Sec. 47.

Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended by Laws 2012, chapter 287,
article 3, section 56, and Laws 2014, chapter 255, section 20, is amended to read:

Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections
2 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.011 and 169.045, expire July 31, 2015.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 48.

Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2.

Evaluation of response preparedness and funding.

By January 15, 2017,
the commissioner of public safety shall submit an evaluation of safety preparedness and
funding related to incidents involving transportation of oil and other hazardous materials
to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over transportation and public safety policy and finance. At a minimum, the evaluation
must:

(1) provide an update to the report under subdivision 1 that identifies notable
changes and provides updated information as appropriate;

(2) analyze preparedness and impacts to public safety from ethanol transportation by
rail, which must provide the same information with respect to ethanol as is required for oil
under subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3) and (6);

(3) evaluate the effectiveness of training and response preparedness activities under
Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.55, using the criteria established under subdivision
1, clause (5);

(3) (4) identify current sources of funds, funding levels, and any unfunded needs for
preparedness activities;

(4) (5) analyze equity in the distribution of funding sources for preparedness
activities, which must include but is not limited to (i) examination of the public-private
partnership financing model, and (ii) review of balance across industries involved in
storage and distribution of oil; and

(5) (6) make recommendations for any programmatic or legislative changes.

Sec. 49.

Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3, the effective date, is amended to
read:

EFFECTIVE DATE.

Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective January 1, 2015, for special
Minnesota golf plates issued on or after that date. Subdivision 5 is effective January 1,
2017 July 1, 2015.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 50. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 228 REMOVED.

(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 159, is repealed effective the
day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction of
Legislative Route No. 228 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
under paragraph (b).

(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been
satisfied.

Sec. 51. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 275 REMOVED.

(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 206, is repealed effective the
day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the
commissioner and the governing body of Lac qui Parle County to transfer jurisdiction
of Legislative Route No. 275 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
under paragraph (b).

(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been
satisfied.

Sec. 52. COST PARTICIPATION POLICY.

The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local
units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation
for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the
Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize
the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government, while
complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning allowable
uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy should provide and include sufficient flexibility
for unique projects and locations if doing so results in a lower total project cost. The
policy must be completed and adopted by the commissioner no later than March 1, 2016.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 53. ENGINE BRAKES; REGULATION BY ST. PAUL.

Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision, the governing body of the city
of St. Paul may by ordinance restrict or prohibit the use of an engine brake on motor
vehicles along Legislative Route No. 392, also known as marked Interstate Highway 94,
between Johnson Parkway and marked Trunk Highway 52. Upon notification by the city
of St. Paul to the commissioner of transportation of the city's adoption of the ordinance,
the commissioner of transportation shall erect the appropriate signs, with the cost of
the signs to be paid by the city. For purposes of this section, "engine brake" means any
device that uses the engine and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor
vehicle by compression of the engine.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 54. CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING SLURRY.

The commissioner of transportation shall not engage in a study, including under any
agreement with a consultant, related to the deposit of slurry generated from highway
diamond grinding on the side of roadways, unless the commissioner consults with
interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance industry regarding the
methodology and specifications for the study. The commissioner or a consultant operating
under an agreement with the commissioner shall consult with interested representatives
of the road construction and maintenance industry to evaluate methods of determining
best management practices.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 55. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER FEE
FUNDS.

By November 1, 2015, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall
submit a report on motor vehicle title transfer fee funds to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and
environment policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must (1) identify the annual
amount of revenue from the motor vehicle title transfer fee under Minnesota Statutes,
section 115A.908, over fiscal years 2012 to 2015; (2) evaluate the policy rationale for
allocation of revenue from the title transfer fee; and (3) specify uses of funds from the
title transfer fee, including identification of any motor vehicle, road, or bridge purposes
for which funds are used.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 56. REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES.

By January 15, 2016, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in
consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, shall jointly submit
a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures and
transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for fiscal
years 2010 through 2015, and shall include information on the purpose of each expenditure.

Sec. 57. ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS.

By August 15, 2016, the commissioner of transportation shall, in collaboration
with city and county engineers, establish and adopt design standards and guidelines to
be applied consistently to trunk highways, county state-aid highways, and municipal
state-aid streets with similar characteristics. The standards and guidelines must align the
state-aid standards with the Department of Transportation trunk highway standards and
technical memoranda as appropriate. The commissioner shall report the adopted standards
and guidelines to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy by August 15,
2016, and present an interim report by March 15, 2016.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 58. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02, is repealed.