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SF 1647

Conference Committee Report - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/18/2015 11:52am

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1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 1647
1.2A bill for an act
1.3relating to transportation; amending various provisions related to transportation
1.4and public safety policies, including data practices and storage; motor carriers;
1.5traffic regulation modifications; parking signs; advertising devices; permits and
1.6licenses; vehicle equipment; mini truck operation; railroad liability, powers, and
1.7crossing by utilities; rail event response preparedness; minimum train crew size;
1.8drive away in-transit licenses; road design; engine compression regulation by city
1.9of St. Paul; turnbacks; bikeways; subcontracting goals; reporting requirements
1.10and alternative damages appraisal for transportation projects;amending
1.11Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1; 13.72, by adding a
1.12subdivision; 160.18, by adding a subdivision; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.232;
1.13160.266, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions; 161.088, subdivisions 3,
1.144, 5; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 161.368; 168.33, subdivision 2; 169.06,
1.15subdivision 4a; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 1; 169.49; 169.782,
1.16subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.791, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.81, by adding a subdivision;
1.17171.02, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, subdivision 3; 171.061, subdivision
1.183; 171.07, subdivision 1b; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.03,
1.19subdivisions 10, 11; 174.12, subdivision 5; 174.40, by adding a subdivision;
1.20174.52, subdivisions 4a, 5; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision;
1.21221.605, by adding a subdivision; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 473.146, subdivision
1.224; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312,
1.23article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.24Statutes, chapters 161; 219; 237; 383B; 473.
1.25May 18, 2015
1.26The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
1.27President of the Senate
1.28The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt
1.29Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.30We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 1647 report that we have agreed upon
1.31the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.32That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 1647 be further
1.33amended as follows:
1.34Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

2.1"ARTICLE 1
2.2TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

2.3
Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
2.4The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations by fund made
2.5in this act, and do not have legal effect.
2.6
2016
2017
Total
2.7
General
$
139,347,000
$
135,792,000
$
275,139,000
2.8
Airports
25,109,000
25,109,000
50,218,000
2.9
C.S.A.H.
670,768,000
698,495,000
1,369,263,000
2.10
M.S.A.S.
170,743,000
178,141,000
348,884,000
2.11
Special Revenue
61,475,000
62,210,000
123,685,000
2.12
H.U.T.D.
2,192,000
2,213,000
4,405,000
2.13
Trunk Highway
1,673,708,000
1,672,006,000
3,345,714,000
2.14
Total
$
2,743,342,000
$
2,773,966,000
$
5,517,308,000

2.15
Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
2.16The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to
2.17the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
2.18the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
2.19indicated for each purpose. Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in
2.20the corresponding columns marked "Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and
2.21do have legal effect. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the
2.22appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or
2.23June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal
2.24year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
2.25
APPROPRIATIONS
2.26
Available for the Year
2.27
Ending June 30
2.28
2016
2017

2.29
2.30
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
2.31
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
$
2,488,269,000
$
2,496,573,000
2.32
Appropriations by Fund
2.33
2016
2017
2.34
General
44,115,000
21,058,000
2.35
Airports
25,109,000
25,109,000
2.36
C.S.A.H.
670,768,000
698,495,000
3.1
M.S.A.S.
170,743,000
178,141,000
3.2
Trunk Highway
1,577,534,000
1,573,770,000
3.3The amounts that may be spent for each
3.4purpose are specified in the following
3.5subdivisions.
3.6
Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
3.7(a) Aeronautics
3.8
(1) Airport Development and Assistance
19,798,000
19,798,000
3.9This appropriation is from the state
3.10airports fund and must be spent according
3.11to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
3.12subdivision 4
.
3.13The base appropriation in each of fiscal years
3.142018 and 2019 is $14,298,000.
3.15Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.1616A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
3.17available for five years after appropriation.
3.18If the appropriation for either year is
3.19insufficient, the appropriation for the other
3.20year is available for it.
3.21
(2) Aviation Support and Services
6,661,000
6,661,000
3.22
Appropriations by Fund
3.23
2016
2017
3.24
Airports
5,311,000
5,311,000
3.25
Trunk Highway
1,350,000
1,350,000
3.26$80,000 in each year is from the state airports
3.27fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
3.28The base appropriation from the trunk
3.29highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
3.30$1,479,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
3.31$1,623,000.
3.32
(b) Transit
20,543,000
20,567,000
4.1
Appropriations by Fund
4.2
2016
2017
4.3
General
19,745,000
19,745,000
4.4
Trunk Highway
798,000
822,000
4.5The base appropriation from the general
4.6fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019
4.7is $17,245,000.
4.8The base appropriation from the trunk
4.9highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is $846,000
4.10and in fiscal year 2019 is $873,000.
4.11
(c) Safe Routes to School
500,000
500,000
4.12This appropriation is from the general fund
4.13for the safe routes to school program under
4.14Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.
4.15
(d) Passenger Rail
500,000
500,000
4.16This appropriation is from the general
4.17fund for passenger rail system planning,
4.18alternatives analysis, environmental analysis,
4.19design, and preliminary engineering under
4.20Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to
4.21174.636.
4.22
(e) Freight
13,445,000
5,452,000
4.23
Appropriations by Fund
4.24
2016
2017
4.25
General
8,401,000
256,000
4.26
Trunk Highway
5,044,000
5,196,000
4.27$145,000 in the first year is from the general
4.28fund for a grant to the Minnesota Commercial
4.29Railway for emergency temporary repairs
4.30to approximately 6.5 miles of railroad track
4.31described as that portion of the Minnesota
4.32Commercial main running lead, between
4.33M&D Junction in White Bear Lake and the
4.34end of track in Hugo.
5.1$3,000,000 in the first year is from the
5.2general fund for port development assistance
5.3program grants under Minnesota Statutes,
5.4chapter 457A. Any improvements made with
5.5the proceeds of these grants must be publicly
5.6owned. This is a onetime appropriation and
5.7is available in the second year.
5.8$5,000,000 in the first year is from the
5.9general fund for rail grade crossing
5.10safety improvements. This is a onetime
5.11appropriation and is available in the second
5.12year.
5.13The base appropriation from the trunk
5.14highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
5.15$5,350,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
5.16$5,522,000.
5.17
Subd. 3.State Roads
5.18
(a) Operations and Maintenance
288,405,000
290,916,000
5.19The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018
5.20is $292,140,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
5.21$301,545,000.
5.22
(b) Program Planning and Delivery
237,529,000
231,252,000
5.23$130,000 in each year is available for
5.24administrative costs of the targeted group
5.25business program.
5.26$266,000 in each year is available for grants
5.27to metropolitan planning organizations
5.28outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.29$900,000 in each year is available for
5.30grants for transportation studies outside
5.31the metropolitan area to identify critical
5.32concerns, problems, and issues. These
5.33grants are available: (1) to regional
6.1development commissions; (2) in regions
6.2where no regional development commission
6.3is functioning, to joint powers boards
6.4established under agreement of two or
6.5more political subdivisions in the region to
6.6exercise the planning functions of a regional
6.7development commission; and (3) in regions
6.8where no regional development commission
6.9or joint powers board is functioning, to the
6.10department's district office for that region.
6.11$1,000,000 in each year is available
6.12for management of contaminated and
6.13regulated material on property owned by
6.14the Department of Transportation, including
6.15mitigation of property conveyances, facility
6.16acquisition or expansion, chemical release at
6.17maintenance facilities, and spills on the trunk
6.18highway system where there is no known
6.19responsible party. If the appropriation for
6.20either year is insufficient, the appropriation
6.21for the other year is available for it.
6.22$6,804,000 in the first year and $1,000,000 in
6.23the second year are available for the purposes
6.24stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.16,
6.25subdivision 2.
6.26The base appropriation for program
6.27planning and delivery in fiscal year 2018
6.28is $227,004,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
6.29$234,331,000.
6.30
(c) State Road Construction
779,664,000
744,166,000
6.31This appropriation is for the actual
6.32construction, reconstruction, and
6.33improvement of trunk highways, including
6.34design-build contracts, internal department
6.35costs associated with delivering the
7.1construction program, and consultant usage
7.2to support these activities. This includes the
7.3cost of actual payment to landowners for
7.4lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
7.5payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
7.6relocation expenses.
7.7$1,000,000 in the first year is to complete
7.8projects using funds made available to
7.9the commissioner of transportation under
7.10title XII of the American Recovery and
7.11Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law
7.12111-5, and implemented under Minnesota
7.13Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7.
7.14$10,000,000 in each year is for the
7.15transportation economic development
7.16program under Minnesota Statutes, section
7.17174.12.
7.18The commissioner may expend up to one-half
7.19of one percent of the federal appropriations
7.20under this paragraph as grants to opportunity
7.21industrialization centers and other nonprofit
7.22job training centers for job training programs
7.23related to highway construction.
7.24The commissioner may transfer up to
7.25$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.26revolving loan fund.
7.27The commissioner may receive money
7.28covering other shares of the cost of
7.29partnership projects. These receipts are
7.30appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.31projects.
7.32The base appropriation for state road
7.33construction in each of fiscal years 2018 and
7.342019 is $695,800,000.
8.1
(d) Highway Debt Service
197,381,000
231,199,000
8.2$187,881,000 the first year and $221,699,000
8.3the second year are for transfer to the state
8.4bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
8.5to make all transfers required in the year
8.6for which it is made, the commissioner
8.7of management and budget shall transfer
8.8the deficiency amount under the statutory
8.9open appropriation, and notify the chairs
8.10and ranking minority members of the
8.11legislative committees with jurisdiction over
8.12transportation finance and the chairs of the
8.13senate Committee on Finance and the house
8.14of representatives Committee on Ways and
8.15Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any
8.16excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
8.17highway fund.
8.18
(e) Statewide Radio Communications
5,358,000
5,486,000
8.19
Appropriations by Fund
8.20
2016
2017
8.21
General
35,000
3,000
8.22
Trunk Highway
5,323,000
5,483,000
8.23$3,000 in each year is from the general fund to
8.24equip and operate the Roosevelt signal tower
8.25for Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
8.26$32,000 in the first year is from the general
8.27fund for a weather transmitter in Lake of the
8.28Woods County.
8.29The base appropriation from the trunk
8.30highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
8.31$5,645,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
8.32$5,826,000.
8.33
Subd. 4.Local Roads
8.34
(a) County State-Aid Roads
670,768,000
698,495,000
9.1This appropriation is from the county
9.2state-aid highway fund under Minnesota
9.3Statutes, section 161.081, and chapter 162,
9.4and is available until spent.
9.5If the commissioner of transportation
9.6determines that a balance remains in the
9.7county state-aid highway fund following
9.8the appropriations and transfers made in
9.9this paragraph, and that the appropriations
9.10made are insufficient for advancing county
9.11state-aid highway projects, an amount
9.12necessary to advance the projects, not to
9.13exceed the balance in the county state-aid
9.14highway fund, is appropriated in each year
9.15to the commissioner. Within two weeks
9.16of a determination under this contingent
9.17appropriation, the commissioner of
9.18transportation shall notify the commissioner
9.19of management and budget and the chairs
9.20and ranking minority members of the
9.21legislative committees with jurisdiction
9.22over transportation finance concerning
9.23funds appropriated. The commissioner shall
9.24identify in the next budget submission to the
9.25legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
9.2616A.11, any amount that is appropriated
9.27under this paragraph.
9.28
(b) Municipal State-Aid Roads
170,743,000
178,141,000
9.29This appropriation is from the municipal
9.30state-aid street fund under Minnesota
9.31Statutes, chapter 162, and is available until
9.32spent.
9.33If the commissioner of transportation
9.34determines that a balance remains in the
9.35municipal state-aid street fund following the
10.1appropriations and transfers made in this
10.2paragraph, and that the appropriations made
10.3are insufficient for advancing municipal
10.4state-aid street projects, an amount necessary
10.5to advance the projects, not to exceed
10.6the balance in the municipal state-aid
10.7street fund, is appropriated in each year
10.8to the commissioner. Within two weeks
10.9of a determination under this contingent
10.10appropriation, the commissioner of
10.11transportation shall notify the commissioner
10.12of management and budget and the chairs
10.13and ranking minority members of the
10.14legislative committees with jurisdiction
10.15over transportation finance concerning
10.16funds appropriated. The commissioner shall
10.17identify in the next budget submission to the
10.18legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
10.1916A.11, any amount that is appropriated
10.20under this paragraph.
10.21
(c) Small Cities Assistance
12,500,000
0
10.22This appropriation is from the general fund
10.23for small cities assistance under Minnesota
10.24Statutes, section 162.145.
10.25
Subd. 5.Agency Management
10.26
(a) Agency Services
42,722,000
43,519,000
10.27The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018
10.28is $44,316,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
10.29$45,206,000.
10.30
(b) Buildings
18,772,000
19,321,000
10.31
Appropriations by Fund
10.32
2016
2017
10.33
General
54,000
54,000
10.34
Trunk Highway
18,718,000
19,267,000
11.1Any money appropriated to the commissioner
11.2of transportation for building construction for
11.3any fiscal year before the first year is available
11.4to the commissioner of transportation
11.5during the biennium to the extent that the
11.6commissioner spends the money on the
11.7building construction projects for which the
11.8money was originally encumbered during the
11.9fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
11.10If the appropriation for either year is
11.11insufficient, the appropriation for the other
11.12year is available for it.
11.13The base appropriation from the trunk
11.14highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is
11.15$20,031,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is
11.16$20,885,000.
11.17
(c) Tort Claims
600,000
600,000
11.18If the appropriation for either year is
11.19insufficient, the appropriation for the other
11.20year is available for it.
11.21
Subd. 6.Transfers
11.22With the approval of the commissioner of
11.23management and budget, the commissioner
11.24of transportation may transfer unencumbered
11.25balances among the appropriations from the
11.26trunk highway fund and the state airports
11.27fund made in this section. No transfer
11.28may be made from the appropriations for
11.29state road construction or for debt service.
11.30Transfers under this rider may not be made
11.31between funds. Transfers under this rider
11.32must be reported immediately to the chairs
11.33and ranking minority members of the
12.1legislative committees with jurisdiction over
12.2transportation finance.
12.3The commissioner of transportation shall
12.4transfer from the flexible highway account in
12.5the county state-aid highway fund the entire
12.6amount in each year to the county turnback
12.7account in the county state-aid highway
12.8fund. The funds transferred are for highway
12.9turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes,
12.10section 161.081, subdivision 3.
12.11
12.12
Subd. 7.Previous State Road Construction
Appropriations
12.13Any money appropriated to the commissioner
12.14of transportation for state road construction
12.15for any fiscal year before the first year is
12.16available to the commissioner during the
12.17biennium to the extent that the commissioner
12.18spends the money on the state road
12.19construction project for which the money
12.20was originally encumbered during the fiscal
12.21year for which it was appropriated.
12.22
Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
12.23The commissioner of transportation, with
12.24the approval of the governor and the
12.25written approval of at least five members
12.26of a group consisting of the members of
12.27the Legislative Advisory Commission
12.28under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30,
12.29and the ranking minority members of the
12.30legislative committees with jurisdiction over
12.31transportation finance, may transfer all or
12.32part of the unappropriated balance in the
12.33trunk highway fund to an appropriation:
12.34(1) for trunk highway design, construction,
12.35or inspection in order to take advantage of
13.1an unanticipated receipt of income to the
13.2trunk highway fund or to take advantage
13.3of federal advanced construction funding;
13.4(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order
13.5to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort
13.6or environmental claims. Nothing in this
13.7subdivision authorizes the commissioner
13.8to increase the use of federal advanced
13.9construction funding beyond amounts
13.10specifically authorized. Any transfer as
13.11a result of the use of federal advanced
13.12construction funding must include an
13.13analysis of the effects on the long-term
13.14trunk highway fund balance. The amount
13.15transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
13.16the account to which it is transferred.

13.17
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
$
81,626,000
$
101,126,000
13.18This appropriation is from the general fund
13.19for transit system operations under Minnesota
13.20Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
13.21Of this amount, $27,300,000 is available
13.22through fiscal year 2018.
13.23Of this appropriation, $1,000,000 in
13.24each year is for financial assistance to
13.25replacement service providers under
13.26Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to
13.27implement a demonstration project that
13.28provides regular route transit or express
13.29bus service between municipalities in the
13.30metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota
13.31Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2,
13.32excluding cities of the first class. The council
13.33may not retain any portion of funds specified
13.34in this rider. The replacement service
14.1providers shall collectively identify one or
14.2more demonstration projects for financial
14.3assistance and submit a notification of the
14.4allocation to the council. The council shall
14.5allocate the appropriated funds as directed by
14.6the replacement service providers. Criteria
14.7for evaluating and identifying demonstration
14.8projects must include but are not limited to:
14.9(1) scope of service offering improvements;
14.10(2) integration with transit facilities and
14.11major business, retail, or suburban centers;
14.12(3) extent to which a proposed route
14.13complements existing transit service; and
14.14(4) density of employment along a proposed
14.15route. This is a onetime appropriation.
14.16Of this appropriation, $200,000 in the first
14.17year is for grants payable by July 31, 2016,
14.18to transportation management organizations
14.19that provide services exclusively or primarily
14.20in (1) each city of the first class, as provided
14.21under section 410.01; and (2) the city having
14.22the highest population as of the effective
14.23date of this section located along the marked
14.24Interstate Highway 494 corridor. Permissible
14.25uses include administrative expenses and
14.26programming and service expansion,
14.27including but not limited to staffing,
14.28communications, outreach and education
14.29program development, and operations
14.30management. The council may not retain any
14.31portion of funds under this appropriation.
14.32The base appropriation in each of fiscal years
14.332018 and 2019 is $89,820,000.

14.34
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
14.35
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
$
173,447,000
$
176,267,000
15.1
Appropriations by Fund
15.2
2016
2017
15.3
General
13,606,000
13,608,000
15.4
Special Revenue
61,475,000
62,210,000
15.5
H.U.T.D.
2,192,000
2,213,000
15.6
Trunk Highway
96,174,000
98,236,000
15.7The amounts that may be spent for each
15.8purpose are specified in the following
15.9subdivisions.
15.10
Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services
15.11
(a) Office of Communications
517,000
530,000
15.12
Appropriations by Fund
15.13
2016
2017
15.14
General
113,000
115,000
15.15
Trunk Highway
404,000
415,000
15.16
(b) Public Safety Support
9,035,000
9,124,000
15.17
Appropriations by Fund
15.18
2016
2017
15.19
General
3,982,000
3,987,000
15.20
H.U.T.D.
1,366,000
1,366,000
15.21
Trunk Highway
3,687,000
3,771,000
15.22The base appropriation from the general
15.23fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is
15.24$3,537,000.
15.25$380,000 in each year is from the general
15.26fund for payment of public safety officer
15.27survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
15.28section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
15.29either year is insufficient, the appropriation
15.30for the other year is available for it.
15.31$1,367,000 in each year is from the general
15.32fund to be deposited in the public safety
15.33officer's benefit account. This money
15.34is available for reimbursements under
15.35Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
16.1$600,000 in each year is from the general
16.2fund and $100,000 in each year is from the
16.3trunk highway fund for soft body armor
16.4reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes,
16.5section 299A.38.
16.6$450,000 in each year is from the general
16.7fund for the creation of two emergency
16.8response teams. One emergency response
16.9team must be under the jurisdiction of the
16.10St. Cloud Fire Department, or a similarly
16.11located fire department if necessary, and one
16.12emergency response team must be under the
16.13jurisdiction of the Duluth Fire Department.
16.14The commissioner shall allocate the funds
16.15as needed to facilitate the creation and
16.16maintenance of the emergency response
16.17teams. This is a onetime appropriation.
16.18
(c) Technology and Support Service
3,685,000
3,685,000
16.19
Appropriations by Fund
16.20
2016
2017
16.21
General
1,322,000
1,322,000
16.22
H.U.T.D.
19,000
19,000
16.23
Trunk Highway
2,344,000
2,344,000
16.24
Subd. 3.State Patrol
16.25
(a) Patrolling Highways
81,516,000
83,121,000
16.26
Appropriations by Fund
16.27
2016
2017
16.28
General
154,000
37,000
16.29
H.U.T.D.
92,000
92,000
16.30
Trunk Highway
81,270,000
82,992,000
16.31$858,000 from the trunk highway fund in the
16.32first year and $117,000 from the general fund
16.33in the first year is to purchase a single-engine
16.34aircraft for the State Patrol.
16.35
(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
8,023,000
8,257,000
17.1
(c) Capitol Security
8,035,000
8,147,000
17.2This appropriation is from the general fund.
17.3The commissioner may not: (1) spend
17.4any money from the trunk highway fund
17.5for capitol security; or (2) permanently
17.6transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
17.7highways activity to capitol security.
17.8The commissioner may not transfer any
17.9money appropriated to the commissioner
17.10under this section: (1) to capitol security; or
17.11(2) from capitol security.
17.12
(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
715,000
736,000
17.13This appropriation is from the highway user
17.14tax distribution fund.
17.15This appropriation is to investigate: (1)
17.16registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax
17.17liabilities from individuals and businesses
17.18that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
17.19and (2) illegal or improper activity related
17.20to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
17.21motor vehicles.
17.22
Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
17.23
(a) Vehicle Services
29,818,000
30,082,000
17.24This appropriation is from the vehicle
17.25services operating account in the special
17.26revenue fund.
17.27$59,000 in each year is for the creation of a
17.28Data Services Unit within the Division of
17.29Driver and Vehicle Services.
17.30The base appropriation from the special
17.31revenue fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and
17.322019 is $21,846,000.
18.1The base appropriation from the highway
18.2user tax distribution fund in each of fiscal
18.3years 2018 and 2019 is $8,236,000.
18.4
(b) Driver Services
30,286,000
30,740,000
18.5This appropriation is from the driver services
18.6operating account in the special revenue fund.
18.7$31,000 in each year is for the creation of a
18.8Data Services Unit within the Division of
18.9Driver and Vehicle Services.
18.10
Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
446,000
457,000
18.11
Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
1,371,000
1,388,000
18.12This appropriation is from the pipeline safety
18.13account in the special revenue fund.

18.14    Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.
18.15$29,700,000 of the appropriation under Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 4,
18.16is canceled to the general fund on the effective date of this section.
18.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.18    Sec. 7. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATIONS.
18.19All unspent funds, estimated to be $2,380,000, to provide the 20 percent local match
18.20funding required to obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to
18.21repair local roads and bridges damaged by June 2014 flooding, under Laws 2015, chapter
18.222, section 3, are canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2015.

18.23    Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
18.24$2,380,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
18.25transportation in fiscal year 2016 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required to
18.26obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads and
18.27bridges damaged by flooding in June 2014. This is a onetime appropriation.

18.28ARTICLE 2
18.29TRANSPORTATION POLICY

18.30    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.1    Subdivision 1. Classifications. (a) The following government data of the
19.2Department of Public Safety are private data:
19.3    (1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking
19.4certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;
19.5    (2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 169.345, except
19.6that (i) data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and
19.7(ii) data necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released to
19.8parking enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule
19.9charter cities and towns;
19.10    (3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration
19.11records, except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of
19.12Revenue for purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for
19.13purposes of workers' compensation administration and enforcement, and the Department
19.14of Natural Resources for purposes of license application administration; and
19.15    (4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 171.07,
19.16subdivision 11
, except that the data must be released to:
19.17    (i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a
19.18designated caregiver; or
19.19    (ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to
19.20communicate at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated
19.21caregiver of the need to care for a child of the license holder.
19.22    The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause
19.23(3) and must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of
19.24Social Security numbers for any other purpose.
19.25    (b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are
19.26confidential data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received
19.27from a member of the individual's family.
19.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.29    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.30    Subd. 2. Software sale fund. (a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b)
19.31and (c), proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services by the chief
19.32information officer must be credited to the MN.IT services revolving fund. If a state
19.33agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services has contributed to the development of
19.34software sold or licensed under this section, the chief information officer may reimburse
19.35the agency by discounting computer services provided to that agency.
20.1(b) Proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed
20.2by the Pollution Control Agency, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, must be
20.3credited to the environmental fund.
20.4(c) If the Department of Transportation develops software products or services using
20.5trunk highway funds, proceeds from the subsequent sale or licensing of the software
20.6products or services must be credited to the trunk highway fund. This paragraph also
20.7applies to software products or services custom developed by a vendor for the department
20.8using trunk highway funds.

20.9    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.10    Subd. 2. Appraisal. (a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under
20.11this chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at
20.12least one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal, the
20.13appraiser must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably possible.
20.14For acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage
20.15acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition
20.16report, the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more of
20.17the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 13.44, the
20.18acquiring authority must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property
20.19acquisitions over $25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties
20.20under $25,000, the acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is
20.21made, but no later than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 117.055, and.
20.22The acquiring authority must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under
20.23this section. Upon request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner all
20.24appraisals of the property for properties over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition
20.25report for properties under $25,000. If the acquiring authority is considering both a full
20.26and partial taking of the property, the acquiring authority shall obtain and provide the
20.27owner with appraisals for both types of takings for properties over $25,000 for both types
20.28of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties under $25,000.
20.29(b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property
20.30proposed to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable costs
20.31of the appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 for single family
20.32and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for
20.33other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority the
20.34information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal,
20.35at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this
21.1paragraph subdivision, a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property
21.2that a qualified person with appraisal knowledge having an understanding of the local real
21.3estate market indicates can be acquired for a cost of $10,000 $25,000 or less.
21.4(c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30
21.5days after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon
21.6agreement between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may pay
21.7the reimbursement directly to the appraiser.

21.8    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.9    Subd. 4. Use of appraisal at commissioners' hearing. An appraisal or
21.10minimum damage acquisition report must not be used or considered in a condemnation
21.11commissioners' hearing, nor may the appraiser who prepared the appraisal or the person
21.12who prepared the minimum damage acquisition report testify, unless a copy of the
21.13appraiser's written report or the minimum damage acquisition report is provided to the
21.14opposing party at least five days before the hearing.

21.15    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.16    Subd. 4. Conditions. (a) A road authority may accept applications for permits for
21.17installation of drain tile along or across the right-of-way under its jurisdiction. The road
21.18authority may adopt reasonable rules for the installations and may require a bond before
21.19granting a permit. Permits for installation along a highway right-of-way must ensure that
21.20the length of the installation is restricted to the minimum necessary to achieve the desired
21.21agricultural benefits. A permit must not allow open trenches to be left on the right-of-way
21.22after installation of the drain tile is completed. A road authority that grants a permit for
21.23tile drain installation is not responsible for damage to that installation resulting from the
21.24action of the authority or any other permittee utilizing the right-of-way.
21.25(b) A person who installs drain tile along or across a highway right-of-way without
21.26obtaining a permit as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
21.27(c) The commissioner shall take no action under this section which will result in the
21.28loss of federal aid for highway construction in the state.
21.29(d) For the purpose of this section subdivisions 2 to 4, "highway" means any
21.30highway as defined in section 160.02 which is located outside the corporate limits of a
21.31home rule charter or statutory city.

21.32    Sec. 6. [160.235] TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.
22.1(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial
22.2roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per day
22.3must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it to the
22.4Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of all
22.5signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation,
22.6and date of last timing optimization.
22.7(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to
22.8paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan, which
22.9must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years. Each road
22.10authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance with its
22.11plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.
22.12(c) Upon request of a local road authority, the commissioner shall provide reasonable
22.13technical assistance to meet the requirements under this section.
22.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. The
22.15initial inventory under paragraph (a) must be submitted on or before December 30, 2015.

22.16    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
22.17to read:
22.18    Subd. 10. Temporary permit for field application. (a) In connection with
22.19the use of the road right-of-way of a road authority, excluding on controlled-access
22.20highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property abutting the
22.21road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 days, of a
22.22pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.
22.23(b) The property owner or occupant must:
22.24(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;
22.25(2) place the force main within the backslope of the road authority's right-of-way
22.26where possible;
22.27(3) place pumping equipment outside the road authority's right-of-way; and
22.28(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the road authority.
22.29(c) Once the road authority has issued a permit, the property owner or occupant may
22.30install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the permittee's property to
22.31where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the permittee is the owner or
22.32occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way where the force main is
22.33to be installed.

22.34    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.231, is amended to read:
23.1161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM LEASED STATE
23.2PROPERTY.
23.3There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which
23.4the rental money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state leased property
23.5is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under the
23.6provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202, 161.23, subdivision 3,
23.7161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 272.68, subdivision 3, including
23.8the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell, lease,
23.9rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land. At the
23.10discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each
23.11biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.

23.12    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
23.13    Subd. 2a. Small targeted group business; subcontracting goals. (a) The
23.14commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that
23.15require the for targeted group business participation in contracts. As a condition of award,
23.16the prime contractor is required to subcontract portions of the contract to small targeted
23.17group businesses. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the
23.18project goals.The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from
23.19the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not
23.20reasonably available either meet the goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the
23.21goal. The commissioner must establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith efforts
23.22of contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial
23.23incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
23.24under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who fail to make good faith
23.25efforts to meet the goals set under this subdivision.
23.26    (b) The small targeted group business subcontracting requirements of this
23.27subdivision do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses.

23.28    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
23.29    Subd. 2c. Veteran-owned small business; subcontracting goals. (a) The
23.30commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that
23.31require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to veteran-owned small
23.32businesses for veteran-owned small business participation in contracts, except when
23.33prohibited by federal law or rule as a condition of receiving federal funds. As a condition
23.34of award, the prime contractors contractor must either meet the goal or demonstrate good
24.1faith efforts to meet the project goals. The commissioner shall must establish a procedure
24.2for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified veteran-owned
24.3small businesses are not reasonably available evaluating the good faith efforts of
24.4contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial
24.5incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
24.6under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who have not been granted
24.7a waiver and fail to make good faith efforts to meet goals set under this subdivision.
24.8    (b) The subcontracting requirements of this subdivision do not apply to prime
24.9contractors who are veteran-owned small businesses.

24.10    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.11    Subd. 4. Contract awards, limitations. Contracts awarded pursuant to this section
24.12are subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by The commissioner may elect to
24.13subject contracts awarded under this section to limitations contained in rules adopted by
24.14the commissioner of administration.

24.15    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
24.16    Subd. 1a. Apportionment sum and excess sum. (a) For purposes of this
24.17subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 162.06,
24.18subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs,
24.19disaster account, research account, and state park road account.
24.20    (b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated
24.21in paragraph (c), from as 68 percent of the distribution amount.
24.22    (c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within 32 percent of the
24.23distribution amount:.
24.24    (1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section 296A.07,
24.25subdivision 3, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates
24.26in excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon
24.27for E85 and M85 under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, and special fuel under section
24.28296A.08, subdivision 2;
24.29    (2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section
24.30168.013, imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal
24.31year 2008, multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for
24.32the calendar year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average
24.33United States Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and
25.1    (3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the
25.2percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007.
25.3    (d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index
25.4identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as
25.5determined by the United States Department of Labor.
25.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2015, for distribution
25.7calculations on or after that date.

25.8    Sec. 13. [162.145] SMALL CITIES ASSISTANCE.
25.9    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
25.10have the meanings given them.
25.11(b) "Eligible city" means a statutory or home rule charter city that does not receive
25.12municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14 in the calendar year in which funds
25.13are distributed under this section.
25.14(c) "Maximum aid" means 3.5 multiplied by the unweighted average amount of
25.15assistance to a city in a fiscal year.
25.16(d) "Population" means the most recent population estimated or established as of 30
25.17days before the date of an allocation under subdivision 4, of (i) the most recent federal
25.18census, (ii) a special census conducted under contract with the United States Bureau of
25.19the Census, (iii) a population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to
25.20section 473.24, or (iv) a population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant to
25.21section 4A.02.
25.22(e) "State-aid adjustment factor" means the greater of zero, or:
25.23(1) 0.005; minus
25.24(2) the number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in a city, divided by the
25.25total number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in all eligible cities.
25.26(f) "Total population" means the sum of populations of all eligible cities.
25.27    Subd. 2. Small cities assistance account. A small cities assistance account is
25.28created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided by law,
25.29and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
25.30Money in the account may only be expended as provided under this section.
25.31    Subd. 3. Administration. (a) Subject to funds made available by law, the
25.32commissioner shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall notify the
25.33commissioner of revenue.
25.34(b) Following notification from the commissioner of transportation, the
25.35commissioner of revenue shall distribute the specified funds to cities in the same manner
26.1as local government aid under chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner of
26.2transportation under this section is available to the commissioner of revenue for the
26.3purposes specified in this paragraph.
26.4(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under
26.5this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision 2. A
26.6city that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary to
26.7show that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4.
26.8    Subd. 4. Distribution formula. (a) In each fiscal year in which funds are available
26.9under this section, the commissioner shall allocate funds to eligible cities.
26.10(b) The preliminary aid to each city is calculated as follows:
26.11(1) 5 percent of funds allocated equally among all eligible cities;
26.12(2) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of lane
26.13miles of municipal streets compared to total lane miles of municipal streets of all eligible
26.14cities;
26.15(3) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of
26.16population compared to total population of all eligible cities; and
26.17(4) 25 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of state-aid
26.18adjustment factor compared to the sum of state-aid adjustment factors of all eligible cities.
26.19(c) The final aid to each city is calculated as the lesser of:
26.20(1) the preliminary aid to the city multiplied by an aid factor; or
26.21(2) the maximum aid.
26.22(d) The commissioner shall set the aid factor under paragraph (c), which must be the
26.23same for all eligible cities, so that the total funds allocated under this subdivision equals
26.24the total amount available for the fiscal year.
26.25    Subd. 5. Use of funds. (a) Funds distributed under this section are available only for
26.26construction and maintenance of roads located within the city, including:
26.27(1) land acquisition, environmental analysis, design, engineering, construction,
26.28reconstruction, and maintenance;
26.29(2) road projects partially located within the city;
26.30(3) projects on county state-aid highways located within the city; and
26.31(4) cost participation on road projects under the jurisdiction of another unit of
26.32government.
26.33(b) Except for projects under paragraph (a), clause (3), funds distributed under this
26.34section are not subject to state-aid requirements under this chapter, including but not
26.35limited to engineering standards adopted by the commissioner in rules.
26.36EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

27.1    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
27.2    Subd. 1d. Trailer. (a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater
27.3than 3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the
27.4Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000 pounds
27.5or less, and when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the
27.6first eight years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate
27.7schedule, and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of
27.8the Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle
27.9weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either:
27.10(1) annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis of
27.11total gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision
27.121e, provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is
27.13multiplied by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally in
27.14the same manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).
27.15(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described in
27.16section 168.002, subdivision 8, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.
27.17(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight
27.18of 3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the license
27.19plate is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same gross vehicle
27.20weight. The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in Minnesota
27.21is $55. For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:
27.22(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration tax
27.23is $25; or
27.24(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for the
27.25first renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30,
27.262003. These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on or after
27.27July 1, 2003, and the registration tax is $20.
27.28    For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001,
27.29but not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent
27.30registration must be issued.
27.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
27.32and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

27.33    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:
27.34    Subd. 1g. Recreational vehicle. (a) Self-propelled recreational vehicles shall must
27.35be separately licensed and taxed annually on the basis of total gross weight and. The
28.1tax shall must be graduated according to the Minnesota base rate schedule prescribed
28.2in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $20, except as otherwise provided in this
28.3subdivision.
28.4(b) For all self-propelled recreational vehicles, the tax for the ninth and succeeding
28.5years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate
28.6schedule.
28.7(c) Towed recreational vehicles shall must be separately licensed and taxed under
28.8either one of the following, as determined by the vehicle owner: (1) annually on the basis
28.9of total gross weight at 30 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e
28.10but ; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total gross weight at 90 percent of the
28.11Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, provided that the filing fee under section
28.12168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied by three, with funds collected by the
28.13commissioner allocated proportionally in the same manner as provided in section 168.33,
28.14subdivision 7, paragraph (e). In no event is the tax under this paragraph less than $5.
28.15(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all trailers and semitrailers taxed
28.16pursuant to this section shall be are exempt from any wheelage tax now or hereafter
28.17imposed by any political subdivision or political subdivisions.
28.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment,
28.19and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2016.

28.20    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.21    Subdivision 1. Application; fee; penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation with
28.22a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles
28.23owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by
28.24means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other
28.25combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state
28.26from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or
28.27without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license.
28.28This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and
28.29contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the
28.30payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away
28.31in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent
28.32with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within
28.33Minnesota transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the
28.34purpose of permanent vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional
28.35drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured
29.1from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of
29.2additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a
29.3drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the
29.4saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their
29.5own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application,
29.6as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty
29.7of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined
29.8not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating
29.9without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.

29.10    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.1299, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.11    Subdivision 1. Issuance. Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the commissioner shall
29.12issue special Minnesota golf plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
29.13(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck,
29.14motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
29.15(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
29.16(3) contributes a minimum of $30 annually after January 1, 2017, to the Minnesota
29.17Section PGA Foundation account; and
29.18(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
29.19and licensing of drivers.
29.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to plates
29.21issued on or after that date.

29.22    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
29.23    Subd. 7. Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and
29.24taxes, a filing fee of:
29.25(1) $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
29.26transactions; and
29.27(2) $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor
29.28carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.
29.29(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):
29.30    (1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for
29.31a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
29.32registrar; and
29.33(2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title
29.34for a vehicle.
30.1(c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal
30.2notices sent out by the commissioner.
30.3(d) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
30.4may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
30.5on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit
30.6card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the
30.7commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
30.8credit and debit card transactions.
30.9(e) The fees collected under this subdivision by the department must be allocated
30.10as follows:
30.11(1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):
30.12(i) $4.50 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and
30.13(ii) $1.50 must be deposited:
30.14(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
30.15been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and
30.16initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and
30.17(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle
30.18services operating account; and
30.19(2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):
30.20(i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;
30.21(ii) $5.00 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and
30.22(iii) $1.50 must be deposited:
30.23(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
30.24been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development, and
30.25initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and
30.26(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle services
30.27operating account.
30.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.29    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168A.07, is amended by adding a
30.30subdivision to read:
30.31    Subd. 3. Fees. The filing fee to create a conditional registration shall conform with
30.32the fee provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (3). A subsequent
30.33removal and clearing of a conditional registration is considered a separate transaction and
30.34requires payment of an additional filing fee of the same amount, provided the removal and
30.35clearing was initiated by a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.

31.1    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168D.06, is amended to read:
31.2168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.
31.3    License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement
31.4must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund
31.5under section 299A.705. The commissioner shall charge an annual fuel license fee of
31.6$15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for quarterly reporting of fuel tax, and a
31.7reinstatement fee of $100 to reinstate a revoked International Fuel Tax Agreement license.
31.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.9    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.18, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
31.10    Subd. 12. Passing certain parked vehicles. (a) When approaching and before
31.11passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road maintenance vehicle, utility company
31.12vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning lights activated that is parked or otherwise
31.13stopped on or next to a street or highway having two lanes in the same direction, the driver
31.14of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to the lane farthest away from the parked or
31.15stopped vehicle, if it is possible to do so.
31.16    (b) When approaching and before passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road
31.17maintenance vehicle, utility company vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning
31.18lights activated that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway
31.19having more than two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely move
31.20the vehicle so as to leave a full lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which the
31.21vehicle is completely or partially parked or otherwise stopped, if it is possible to do so.

31.22    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.23    Subd. 2. Prohibition on use; penalty. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle
31.24while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic
31.25message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.
31.26(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) a second or subsequent time must pay a
31.27fine of $225, plus the amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established by the
31.28Judicial Council.
31.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to
31.30violations committed on or after that date.

31.31    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.49, is amended to read:
31.32169.49 HEADLAMPS.
32.1(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall must be equipped with at
32.2least two headlamps, with including at least one on each side of the front of the motor
32.3vehicle, which. Headlamps shall must comply with the requirements and limitations set
32.4forth in sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.
32.5(b) Every motorcycle shall must be equipped with at least one and not more than
32.6two four headlamps, which shall must comply with the requirements and limitations of
32.7sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.
32.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

32.9    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
32.10    Subdivision 1. Driver; daily inspection, report. (a) The driver of a commercial
32.11motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on inspect daily
32.12each commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more
32.13commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles
32.14must require each driver to submit a written report at the completion of each day's work
32.15as required by this section. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to this
32.16section is not required to prepare and submit a written report if no defect or deficiency
32.17is discovered by or reported to the driver, except that the driver of a passenger-carrying
32.18commercial motor vehicle shall prepare and submit a written report regardless of whether
32.19any defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the driver.
32.20    (b) The inspection and report must cover the following parts and accessories: service
32.21brakes, including trailer and semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering
32.22mechanism; lighting devices and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear
32.23vision mirror or mirrors; coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
32.24    (b) (c) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency
32.25discovered by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or
32.26result in its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported
32.27to the driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing
32.28it. In the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one
32.29of the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning
32.30the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle
32.31during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
32.32    (c) (d) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle
32.33on which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or
32.34the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would likely
32.35affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing the commercial motor vehicle to
33.1be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must certify, on the report listing the
33.2defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has been corrected or that correction is
33.3unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original vehicle inspection report for at least
33.4three months after the date of inspection. The report must be available for inspection by
33.5an authorized federal, state, or local official at any time during this period.
33.6    (d) (e) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections
33.7resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power
33.8unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power
33.9unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The
33.10copy must be made available on demand to (1) a peace officer, (2) a person authorized
33.11under section 221.221, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06.
33.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

33.13    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
33.14    Subd. 2. Driver; pretrip inspection. (a) Before driving Prior to the first operation
33.15of a commercial motor vehicle following completion of a daily inspection report under
33.16subdivision 1, a driver must:
33.17(1) review the most recent vehicle inspection report on the vehicle;
33.18(2) determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition; and
33.19(3) sign the inspection report in the vehicle.
33.20(b) The driver shall sign the report only if all defects and deficiencies listed in the
33.21report have been certified as having been corrected or as not requiring correction.
33.22    (b) If the commercial motor vehicle does not contain the previous day's inspection
33.23report, the driver must make the inspection and complete the report required under
33.24subdivision 1.
33.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

33.26    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
33.27    Subd. 4. Exceptions. (a) With the exception of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause
33.28(2), This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is a farm truck that may
33.29be operated by a person not holding a commercial driver's license, provided that before
33.30driving the vehicle, a driver must determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition.
33.31(b) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle held for resale by a
33.32motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.
34.1(c) This section does not apply to a covered farm vehicle as defined in Code of
34.2Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.5, that is not carrying hazardous materials of
34.3a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with Code of
34.4Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.504.
34.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

34.6    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.798, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
34.7    Subd. 4. Attestation of Insurance information required. Every owner, when
34.8applying for motor vehicle or motorcycle registration, reregistration, or transfer of
34.9ownership, must attest provide information showing that the motor vehicle or motorcycle
34.10is covered by an insurance policy. Information required under this subdivision consists
34.11of the insurance company's name, the policy number, and the policy expiration date for
34.12the subject motor vehicle or motorcycle.
34.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
34.14registrations, reregistrations, and transfers of ownership occurring on or after that date.

34.15    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision
34.16to read:
34.17    Subd. 3f. Length limits exclusion; aerodynamic device. An aerodynamic device
34.18that meets the requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.16
34.19(b)(4), is excluded from each calculation of length under subdivision 2, 3, or 3c, including
34.20(1) total vehicle length; and (2) length of a semitrailer or trailer, whether in a vehicle
34.21combination or not.

34.22    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
34.23    Subd. 6. Recycling and garbage vehicles. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
34.24weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that
34.25does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for
34.26recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
34.27recycling pickup.
34.28(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a
34.29vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for
34.30recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000
34.31pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal
34.32solid waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, while engaged in such
35.1collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per
35.2single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively
35.3for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.
35.4(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions
35.5imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for
35.6recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
35.7recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and
35.8used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03,
35.9subdivision 21
, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle
35.10that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets,
35.11while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a
35.12civil penalty for excess weight under section 169.871.
35.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.14    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
35.15to read:
35.16    Subd. 18a. Electronic advertising device. (a) "Electronic advertising device"
35.17means an advertising device capable of displaying digital content that can be changed
35.18through messaging or electronic communications technology.
35.19(b) Digital content consists of static text and images only, and does not include
35.20animation, flashing or moving lights, video, or other content having the appearance of
35.21movement.
35.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.23    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.15, is amended to read:
35.24173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES.
35.25(a) After June 8, 1971 no advertising device shall be erected or maintained:
35.26(1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or
35.27signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material
35.28degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign
35.29or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging,
35.30or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet;
35.31(2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger";
35.32(3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or
35.33immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency;
36.1(4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise
36.2provided by law or allowed by the commissioner;
36.3(5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof;
36.4(6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features,
36.5or on public utility poles;
36.6(7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to
36.7be a traffic hazard;
36.8(8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but
36.9excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto;
36.10(9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned.
36.11(b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic
36.12advertising device that changes displayed digital content no more frequently than once
36.13every six seconds.
36.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.15    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision
36.16to read:
36.17    Subd. 4a. Eligibility. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town is
36.18eligible to receive funding under this section only if it has adopted subdivision regulations
36.19that require safe routes to school infrastructure in developments authorized on or after
36.20June 1, 2016.

36.21    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.76, is amended to read:
36.22219.76 FIRE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ENGINE TRAIN OR CONTENTS;
36.23INSURABLE INTEREST.
36.24    A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in
36.25damages to every person who is injured and corporation public or private entity or person
36.26whose property is injured, damaged, or destroyed by fire communicated spread directly
36.27or indirectly by the locomotive engines or rolling stock in use upon its railroad line, or
36.28contents of the rolling stock, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge, or
36.29combustion of train contents. Each railroad corporation shall have an insurable interest
36.30in the property upon the route of its railroad line and may procure insurance in its own
36.31behalf for its protection against the damages.

36.32    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.761, is amended to read:
37.1219.761 EXTINGUISHING LOCOMOTIVE RESPONSE TO
37.2TRAIN-RELATED FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY; REIMBURSEMENT.
37.3    Subdivision 1. Reimbursement. (a) A railroad operating in Minnesota is liable for
37.4all reasonable expenses of extinguishment when a fire or fire hazard other emergency that
37.5is proximately caused by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock or its contents, or employees
37.6on a railroad right-of-way or, operating property, or other property. If the fire department
37.7of a local government or nonprofit firefighting corporation extinguishes an emergency
37.8responder, local government entity, or nonprofit firefighting corporation responds to a
37.9fire arising from one occurrence or responds to another emergency and deems that it is
37.10entitled to reimbursement for its expenses, it shall, within 60 days after the first full day
37.11after extinguishment the emergency response, give the railroad, by mail, written notice
37.12stating the circumstances of the fire or other emergency as then known. The notice
37.13may be given to the railroad at any address at which the owner has an office, agent, or
37.14other place of business in this state. The date of the mailing is the date or service of the
37.15notice. For purposes of this paragraph, reasonable response expenses include all expenses
37.16incurred by a fire department or other emergency responder in supplying mutual aid
37.17assistance, regardless of whether the fire department or emergency responder is entitled
37.18to reimbursement from the entity requesting assistance.
37.19    (b) If after notice and claim for reimbursement, the railroad working the right-of-way
37.20refuses to reimburse the local government, or nonprofit firefighting corporation, or other
37.21emergency responders for expenses incurred, the claimant may recover by civil action
37.22reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees.
37.23    Subd. 2. Information in claim. All claims must set forth the basis of the claim
37.24including the time, date, place, and circumstances of the claim. A claim must also include
37.25an itemization of costs incurred to extinguish the fire or respond to the emergency. The
37.26state Fire Marshal, in consultation with fire department chiefs and, representatives of the
37.27interested railroads, representatives of local government entities, nonprofit firefighting
37.28corporations, and other emergency responders, may recommend that additional
37.29information be included in a claim.
37.30    Subd. 3. Other costs, remedies. (a) If the railroads are required to pay property
37.31taxes pursuant to chapter 272 or any other law, they shall also pay the fees and assessments
37.32required of property owners situated within the same political subdivision for firefighting
37.33and protection expenses.
37.34    (b) Neither the enactment of this section nor its subsequent repeal or termination
37.35alters the statutory or common law rights, duties, or obligations of railroad companies
37.36with regard to fires and other emergencies caused directly or indirectly by a railroad
38.1locomotive, rolling stock, contents, or railroad employees on a railroad right-of-way
38.2or, operating property, or other property, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear,
38.3discharge, or combustion of train contents.

38.4    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision
38.5to read:
38.6    Subd. 9a. Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No intrastate
38.7carrier, private carrier engaged in intrastate commerce, or person providing intrastate
38.8transportation service described in section 221.025 shall operate a commercial motor
38.9vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
38.10Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
38.11385 or 386, is in effect.

38.12    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.605, is amended by adding a subdivision
38.13to read:
38.14    Subd. 4. Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No interstate carrier
38.15or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor
38.16vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
38.17Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
38.18385 or 386, is in effect.

38.19    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
38.20    Subd. 7. Expenditures. (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail
38.21service improvement account for the following purposes:
38.22    (1) to make transfers as provided under section 222.57 or to pay interest adjustments
38.23on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program;
38.24    (2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve
38.25rail service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
38.26    (3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail
38.27service of a rail user or a rail carrier;
38.28    (4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to
38.29the state rail bank program;
38.30    (5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad
38.31tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation the
38.32existing alignment of the inplace track;
39.1    (6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad
39.2authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;
39.3    (7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade
39.4crossing improvement projects;
39.5    (8) for expenditures made before July 1, 2017, to pay the state matching portion
39.6of grants under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
39.7(TIGER) program of the United States Department of Transportation; and
39.8    (9) to fund rail planning studies; and
39.9    (10) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to
39.10improve capacity or safety at rail yards.
39.11    (b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad
39.12right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 222.46 to 222.62 shall
39.13be deposited in the rail service improvement account.

39.14    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.15    Subd. 2. Officer or firefighter killed in line of duty. (a) This subdivision applies
39.16when a peace officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and
39.17discharging the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's duties as a peace officer
39.18or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.
39.19(b) The officer's or firefighter's employer shall continue to cover the deceased
39.20officer's or firefighter's dependents, including the officer's or firefighter's spouse:
39.21(1) if the officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter was receiving dependent
39.22coverage at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's death under
39.23the employer's group health plan; or
39.24(2) if the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's spouse was not covered
39.25as a dependent at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's death,
39.26but at that time was eligible, or afterward becomes eligible, to be a dependent on the
39.27employer's group health plan.
39.28(c) The employer is responsible for the employer's contribution for the coverage of
39.29the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's dependents. Subject to subdivision
39.305, paragraph (b), clause (2), coverage must continue for a dependent of the officer or,
39.31firefighter for the period of time that the person is a dependent up to the age of 65, or
39.32volunteer firefighter as follows: (1) for a surviving spouse, until the surviving spouse
39.33reaches the age of 65; and (2) for each other dependent, until the dependent reaches the
39.34age of 26, except as otherwise provided in section 62L.02, subdivision 11.
40.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
40.2officer, firefighter, and volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

40.3    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a
40.4subdivision to read:
40.5    Subd. 2a. Volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty. (a) This subdivision
40.6applies when a volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and discharging the volunteer
40.7firefighter's duties as a volunteer firefighter and the municipality or municipalities that
40.8operate the fire department did not offer a group health insurance policy to which a
40.9volunteer firefighter was eligible to subscribe.
40.10(b) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the
40.11volunteer firefighter served with shall, until coverage terminates as provided under
40.12subdivision 2, paragraph (c), either: (1) provide health insurance coverage for the
40.13volunteer firefighter's dependents that is equivalent to the average benefit provided by the
40.14municipality or municipalities to dependents of its employees who are covered by the
40.15plan; or (2) reimburse the dependents, if the municipality or municipalities do not offer a
40.16group health insurance plan for any employees, for a minimum of 50 percent of the cost of
40.17health insurance premiums for coverage selected by the dependents.
40.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
40.19volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

40.20    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
40.21    Subd. 5. Definition. For purposes of this section:
40.22(a) "Peace officer" or "officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision
40.231
, paragraph (c).
40.24(b) "Dependent" means a person who: (1) meets the definition of dependent in
40.25section 62L.02, subdivision 11, at the time of the officer's or firefighter's injury or death. a
40.26person , or at the time of the volunteer firefighter's death; and (2) is not a dependent for
40.27purposes of this section during the period of time the person is covered under another
40.28group health plan. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible employee" as defined
40.29under section 62L.02, subdivision 13, includes a volunteer firefighter.
40.30(c) "Firefighter" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 424.03,
40.31but does not include volunteer firefighters.
40.32(d) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 7,
40.33and includes paid per call.
40.34(e) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 4.
41.1(f) For purposes of subdivisions 2 to 5a, "employer" includes a municipality or
41.2municipalities that operate the fire department in which a volunteer firefighter serves.
41.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to
41.4officer and firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.

41.5    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a
41.6subdivision to read:
41.7    Subd. 5a. Minimum benefit. Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from
41.8providing benefits to survivors of deceased volunteer firefighters that are greater than the
41.9benefits required under this section.

41.10    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.11    Subd. 2. Certificate. No person may operate as an overdimensional load escort
41.12driver in this state without a certificate issued by the commissioner, or by a state with
41.13which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal agreement. The commissioner shall
41.14assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated to cover the commissioner's cost of
41.15establishing and administering the program. No other certification is required to escort
41.16an overdimensional load.

41.17    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.09, is amended to read:
41.18299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.
41.19    (a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually
41.20appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.
41.21    (b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle is $79.28
41.22an hour. The fee charged for services provided without a vehicle is $59.28 an hour
41.23shall be set to recover actual costs as determined by the commissioner of public safety
41.24by July 1 each year.
41.25    (c) The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing
41.26aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year
41.272012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter, and
41.28$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.
41.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

41.30    Sec. 44. [299F.037] REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS.
42.1Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in the
42.2line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue delay,
42.3the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall identify the cause of death and
42.4contain information concerning the circumstances of the death.

42.5    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
42.6    Subd. 4. Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account. (a)
42.7Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision Annually by June 1, the commissioner
42.8of transportation shall require as a condition of assistance by the state that the establish
42.9local contribution rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public
42.10corporation make a substantial contribution to the cost of the construction, improvement,
42.11maintenance, or operation of the airport, in connection with which the assistance of the
42.12state is sought. These costs are referred to as project costs when applying for state or
42.13federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate an airport, or to
42.14acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does not establish
42.15local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.
42.16(b) For any airport, whether key, intermediate, or landing strip, where only state and
42.17local funds are to be used, the contribution shall be not less than one-fifth of the sum of:
42.18(1) the project costs;
42.19(2) acquisition costs of the land and clear zones, which are referred to as acquisition
42.20costs. The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local
42.21contribution rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity or
42.22acquisition, except that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research
42.23projects, radio or navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal funds are
42.24available to cover more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary to
42.25respond to an emergency.
42.26(c) For any airport where federal, state, and local funds are to be used, the
42.27contribution shall not be less than five percent of the sum of the project costs and
42.28acquisition costs. The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not
42.29subject to the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.
42.30(d) The commissioner may pay the total cost of radio and navigational aids.
42.31(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all of the
42.32project costs of a new landing strip, but not an intermediate airport or key airport, or may
42.33pay an amount equal to the federal funds granted and used for a new landing strip plus
42.34all of the remaining project costs; but the total amount paid by the commissioner for the
43.1project costs of a new landing strip, unless specifically authorized by an act appropriating
43.2funds for the new landing strip, shall not exceed $200,000.
43.3(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all the project
43.4costs for research and development projects, including, but not limited to noise abatement;
43.5provided that in no event shall the sums expended under this paragraph exceed five
43.6percent of the amount appropriated for construction grants.
43.7(g) (d) To receive aid under this section for project costs or for acquisition costs, the
43.8municipality must enter into an agreement with the commissioner giving assurance that
43.9the airport will be operated and maintained in a safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical
43.10purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:
43.11(1) for 20 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for
43.12project construction or improvement costs are received by the municipality; and
43.13(2) for 99 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for land
43.14acquisition costs are received by the municipality. If any land acquired with state funds
43.15ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the municipality shall repay the state airports fund
43.16the same percentage of the appraised value of the property as that percentage of the costs
43.17of acquisition and participation provided by the state to acquire the land.
43.18    The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.
43.19(h) (e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account,
43.20which shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings to
43.21be constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports are
43.22authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts with
43.23the commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period of
43.24time as may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from the
43.25financing contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account and
43.26are reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings. The
43.27commissioner may pay from the hangar construction revolving account 80 percent of the
43.28cost of financing construction of hangar buildings. For purposes of this paragraph, the
43.29construction of hangars shall include their design. The commissioner shall transfer up to
43.30$4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar construction revolving account.
43.31(i) (f) The commissioner may pay a portion of the purchase price of any contribute
43.32to costs incurred by any municipality for airport maintenance and operations, safety
43.33equipment, and of the actual airport snow removal costs incurred by any municipality.
43.34The portion to be paid by the state shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the purchase
43.35price or snow removal. To receive aid a municipality must enter into an agreement of the
43.36type referred to in paragraph (g).
44.1(j) (g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of
44.2municipally owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.

44.3    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.4    Subd. 4. Transportation planning. (a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated
44.5planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by
44.6section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation
44.7Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal
44.8transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of
44.9transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties,
44.10and municipalities.
44.11(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and
44.12representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning
44.13responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:
44.14(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;
44.15(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's
44.16designee;
44.17(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the
44.18commission;
44.19(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;
44.20(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the
44.21freight transportation industry;
44.22(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;
44.23(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one
44.24representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan
44.25Municipalities;
44.26(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan
44.27area, appointed by the respective county boards;
44.28(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and
44.29(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program
44.30under section 473.388, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and
44.31(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.
44.32(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.
44.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment,
44.34and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
44.35Washington.

45.1    Sec. 47. Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended by Laws 2012, chapter 287,
45.2article 3, section 56, and Laws 2014, chapter 255, section 20, is amended to read:
45.3    Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
45.4Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections
45.52 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.011 and 169.045, expire July 31, 2015.
45.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

45.7    Sec. 48. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2, is amended to
45.8read:
45.9    Subd. 2. Evaluation of response preparedness and funding. By January 15, 2017,
45.10the commissioner of public safety shall submit an evaluation of safety preparedness and
45.11funding related to incidents involving transportation of oil and other hazardous materials
45.12to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
45.13over transportation and public safety policy and finance. At a minimum, the evaluation
45.14must:
45.15(1) provide an update to the report under subdivision 1 that identifies notable
45.16changes and provides updated information as appropriate;
45.17(2) analyze preparedness and impacts to public safety from ethanol transportation by
45.18rail, which must provide the same information with respect to ethanol as is required for oil
45.19under subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3) and (6);
45.20(3) evaluate the effectiveness of training and response preparedness activities under
45.21Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.55, using the criteria established under subdivision
45.221, clause (5);
45.23(3) (4) identify current sources of funds, funding levels, and any unfunded needs for
45.24preparedness activities;
45.25(4) (5) analyze equity in the distribution of funding sources for preparedness
45.26activities, which must include but is not limited to (i) examination of the public-private
45.27partnership financing model, and (ii) review of balance across industries involved in
45.28storage and distribution of oil; and
45.29(5) (6) make recommendations for any programmatic or legislative changes.

45.30    Sec. 49. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3, the effective date, is amended to
45.31read:
46.1EFFECTIVE DATE.Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective January 1, 2015, for special
46.2Minnesota golf plates issued on or after that date. Subdivision 5 is effective January 1,
46.32017 July 1, 2015.
46.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

46.5    Sec. 50. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 228 REMOVED.
46.6(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 159, is repealed effective the
46.7day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
46.8the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction of
46.9Legislative Route No. 228 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
46.10under paragraph (b).
46.11(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
46.12Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
46.13electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been
46.14satisfied.

46.15    Sec. 51. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 275 REMOVED.
46.16(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 206, is repealed effective the
46.17day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the
46.18commissioner and the governing body of Lac qui Parle County to transfer jurisdiction
46.19of Legislative Route No. 275 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
46.20under paragraph (b).
46.21(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
46.22Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
46.23electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been
46.24satisfied.

46.25    Sec. 52. COST PARTICIPATION POLICY.
46.26The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local
46.27units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation
46.28for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the
46.29Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize
46.30the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government, while
46.31complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning allowable
46.32uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy should provide and include sufficient flexibility
47.1for unique projects and locations if doing so results in a lower total project cost. The
47.2policy must be completed and adopted by the commissioner no later than March 1, 2016.
47.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.4    Sec. 53. ENGINE BRAKES; REGULATION BY ST. PAUL.
47.5    Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision, the governing body of the city
47.6of St. Paul may by ordinance restrict or prohibit the use of an engine brake on motor
47.7vehicles along Legislative Route No. 392, also known as marked Interstate Highway 94,
47.8between Johnson Parkway and marked Trunk Highway 52. Upon notification by the city
47.9of St. Paul to the commissioner of transportation of the city's adoption of the ordinance,
47.10the commissioner of transportation shall erect the appropriate signs, with the cost of
47.11the signs to be paid by the city. For purposes of this section, "engine brake" means any
47.12device that uses the engine and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor
47.13vehicle by compression of the engine.
47.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.15    Sec. 54. CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING SLURRY.
47.16The commissioner of transportation shall not engage in a study, including under any
47.17agreement with a consultant, related to the deposit of slurry generated from highway
47.18diamond grinding on the side of roadways, unless the commissioner consults with
47.19interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance industry regarding the
47.20methodology and specifications for the study. The commissioner or a consultant operating
47.21under an agreement with the commissioner shall consult with interested representatives
47.22of the road construction and maintenance industry to evaluate methods of determining
47.23best management practices.
47.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

47.25    Sec. 55. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER FEE
47.26FUNDS.
47.27By November 1, 2015, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall
47.28submit a report on motor vehicle title transfer fee funds to the chairs and ranking
47.29minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and
47.30environment policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must (1) identify the annual
47.31amount of revenue from the motor vehicle title transfer fee under Minnesota Statutes,
47.32section 115A.908, over fiscal years 2012 to 2015; (2) evaluate the policy rationale for
48.1allocation of revenue from the title transfer fee; and (3) specify uses of funds from the
48.2title transfer fee, including identification of any motor vehicle, road, or bridge purposes
48.3for which funds are used.
48.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

48.5    Sec. 56. REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES.
48.6By January 15, 2016, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in
48.7consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, shall jointly submit
48.8a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
48.9jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures and
48.10transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for fiscal
48.11years 2010 through 2015, and shall include information on the purpose of each expenditure.

48.12    Sec. 57. ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS.
48.13By August 15, 2016, the commissioner of transportation shall, in collaboration
48.14with city and county engineers, establish and adopt design standards and guidelines to
48.15be applied consistently to trunk highways, county state-aid highways, and municipal
48.16state-aid streets with similar characteristics. The standards and guidelines must align the
48.17state-aid standards with the Department of Transportation trunk highway standards and
48.18technical memoranda as appropriate. The commissioner shall report the adopted standards
48.19and guidelines to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
48.20representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy by August 15,
48.212016, and present an interim report by March 15, 2016.
48.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

48.23    Sec. 58. REPEALER.
48.24Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02, is repealed."
48.25Delete the title and insert:
48.26"A bill for an act
48.27relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating
48.28money for transportation, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan
48.29Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; amending various provisions
48.30governing transportation policy and finance; establishing an account; requiring
48.31reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1;
48.3216E.15, subdivision 2; 117.036, subdivisions 2, 4; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.27,
48.33by adding a subdivision; 161.231; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 162.07,
48.34subdivision 1a; 168.013, subdivisions 1d, 1g; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.1299,
48.35subdivision 1; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.07, by adding a subdivision;
48.36168D.06; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 2; 169.49; 169.782,
49.1subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.798, subdivision 4; 169.81, by adding a subdivision;
49.2169.87, subdivision 6; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.40, by
49.3adding a subdivision; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision;
49.4221.605, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 299A.465, subdivisions
49.52, 5, by adding subdivisions; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 299D.09; 360.305,
49.6subdivision 4; 473.146, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as
49.7amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; article
49.811, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160;
49.9162; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02."
50.1
We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.
50.2
Senate Conferees:
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D. Scott Dibble
Susan Kent
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Vicki Jensen
David H. Senjem
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Foung Hawj
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Tim Kelly
John Petersburg
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Tim Sanders
Jeff Howe
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Kim Norton