SF 2217

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; appropriating money for 
  1.3             the department of transportation and other agencies; 
  1.4             exempting from registration taxes vehicles owned by a 
  1.5             commercial driving school and used exclusively in 
  1.6             driver education and training; allowing payment of 
  1.7             prorated license fee following transfer of vehicle 
  1.8             from dealer; authorizing suspension of a vehicle's 
  1.9             registration in certain circumstances; requiring a 
  1.10            detachable postcard to be provided in a vehicle's 
  1.11            certificate of title and completed; changing 
  1.12            percentage of gas tax attributed to snowmobiles; 
  1.13            increasing fees paid to deputy registrars for vehicle 
  1.14            registration applications; establishing 25-mile per 
  1.15            hour speed limit in school zones; allowing certain 
  1.16            lighting devices mounted on delivery vehicles; 
  1.17            requiring adult driver license applicant to hold 
  1.18            instruction permit for six months; changing definition 
  1.19            of "directional signs"; requiring commissioner of 
  1.20            transportation to be responsible for design, 
  1.21            construction, and operation of commuter rail; 
  1.22            requiring adoption of commuter rail system plan; 
  1.23            establishing design approval process for commuter 
  1.24            rail; creating commuter rail corridor coordinating 
  1.25            committee; modifying provisions relating to motor 
  1.26            carriers of passengers; modifying provisions relating 
  1.27            to regional rail authorities; requiring commissioner 
  1.28            to study feasibility of extending Northstar commuter 
  1.29            rail corridor from St. Cloud to Little Falls; 
  1.30            requiring report of metropolitan radio board; 
  1.31            extending existence of metropolitan radio board; 
  1.32            establishing priority for construction of light rail 
  1.33            transit; requiring metropolitan council and others to 
  1.34            develop regional master transit plan; requiring 
  1.35            commissioner of transportation to study restoration of 
  1.36            Amtrak rail passenger service; requiring commissioner 
  1.37            of public safety to make recommendations concerning 
  1.38            allowable vehicle lighting; requiring office of 
  1.39            strategic and long-range planning to establish state 
  1.40            development strategy and report to legislature 
  1.41            concerning I-94 corridor; proposing an amendment to 
  1.42            the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, by adding a 
  1.43            section to dedicate proceeds of sales tax on motor 
  1.44            vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 
  1.45            168.011, subdivision 35; 168.012, subdivision 1; 
  1.46            168.013, subdivisions 2 and 6; 168.17; 168.301, 
  2.1             subdivisions 3 and 4; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.05, 
  2.2             subdivision 5; 168A.10, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5; 
  2.3             168A.30, subdivision 2; 169.01, by adding a 
  2.4             subdivision; 169.122, subdivision 5; 169.14, 
  2.5             subdivisions 4, 5, and 5a; 169.55, subdivision 1; 
  2.6             169.58, by adding a subdivision; 171.04, subdivision 
  2.7             1; 171.05, subdivision 1a; 171.061, subdivision 4; 
  2.8             173.02, subdivision 6; 174.24, subdivision 2; 174A.02, 
  2.9             subdivision 4; 174A.06; 221.011, subdivisions 15, 37, 
  2.10            38, and by adding subdivisions; 221.021; 221.022; 
  2.11            221.025; 221.0251; 221.026, subdivision 2; 221.031, 
  2.12            subdivisions 1, 2, and 6; 221.036, subdivisions 1 and 
  2.13            3; 221.091; 221.122, subdivision 1; 221.124; 221.131, 
  2.14            subdivision 2; 221.141, subdivision 1; 221.172, 
  2.15            subdivision 10; 221.185, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 
  2.16            and by adding a subdivision; 221.221, subdivision 3; 
  2.17            221.291, subdivision 4; 221.55; 296A.18, subdivision 
  2.18            3; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 360.531, subdivision 3; 
  2.19            360.55, subdivision 4; 368.01, subdivision 12; 
  2.20            398A.04, subdivision 2; 412.221, subdivision 20; 
  2.21            458A.06, subdivision 5; 473.399; 473.3993, subdivision 
  2.22            3; 473.3994, subdivisions 3, 4, and 10; and 609.671, 
  2.23            subdivision 5; Laws 1995, chapter 195, article 1, 
  2.24            section 18; Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, 
  2.25            sections 2, subdivision 7; and 4, subdivision 3; and 
  2.26            Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 17, subdivision 3; 
  2.27            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.28            chapters 174; 221; and 473; repealing Minnesota 
  2.29            Statutes 1998, sections 168.011, subdivision 36; 
  2.30            168.1281; 221.011, subdivisions 7, 9, 20, 21, 32, and 
  2.31            34; 221.041; 221.051; 221.061; 221.071; 221.081; 
  2.32            221.121, subdivisions 6b and 6h; 221.172, subdivision 
  2.33            9; 221.281; 221.85; and 473.3998. 
  2.34  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.35                             ARTICLE 1
  2.36                 TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES
  2.37                           APPROPRIATIONS
  2.38  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.39     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.40  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  2.41  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.42  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.43  figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  2.44  that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
  2.45  year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, 
  2.46  respectively.  If the figures are not used, the appropriations 
  2.47  are available for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 
  2.48  2001, respectively.  The term "first year" means the year ending 
  2.49  June 30, 2000, and the term "second year" means the year ending 
  2.50  June 30, 2001.  Appropriations for the year ending June 30, 
  2.51  1999, are in addition to appropriations made in previous years. 
  2.52                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  3.1                           2000          2001           TOTAL
  3.2   General             $ 146,565,000   $ 84,640,000   $231,205,000
  3.3   Airports               19,386,000     19,469,000     38,855,000 
  3.4   C.S.A.H.              365,063,000    371,624,000    736,687,000 
  3.5   Highway User           15,648,000     15,500,000     31,148,000 
  3.6   M.S.A.S.              105,549,000    107,394,000    212,943,000 
  3.7   Special Revenue           947,000        965,000      1,912,000 
  3.8   Trunk 
  3.9   Highway             1,038,922,000  1,045,735,000  2,084,657,000 
  3.10  TOTAL              $1,692,080,000 $1,645,327,000 $3,337,407,000
  3.11                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  3.12                                         Available for the Year 
  3.13                                             Ending June 30 
  3.14                                            2000         2001 
  3.15  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  3.16  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  3.17  Appropriation                     $1,522,974,000 $1,475,684,000
  3.18  The appropriations in this section are 
  3.19  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  3.20  when another fund is named. 
  3.21                Summary by Fund
  3.22                         2000           2001 
  3.23  General             78,137,000     16,385,000
  3.24  Airports            19,336,000     19,419,000
  3.25  C.S.A.H.           365,063,000    371,624,000
  3.26  M.S.A.S.           105,549,000    107,624,000
  3.27  Trunk Highway      954,889,000    960,862,000
  3.28  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.29  appropriation for each program are 
  3.30  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.31  Subd. 2.  Aeronautics                 19,327,000     19,410,000
  3.32                Summary by Fund
  3.33  Airports            19,266,000     19,349,000
  3.34  General                 50,000         50,000
  3.35  Trunk Highway           11,000         11,000
  3.36  Except as otherwise provided, the 
  3.37  appropriations in this subdivision are 
  3.38  from the state airports fund. 
  3.39  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.40  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.41  follows:  
  3.42  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  4.1         2000           2001
  4.2       13,948,000     13,948,000
  4.3   $12,846,000 the first year and 
  4.4   $12,846,000 the second year are for 
  4.5   navigational aids, construction grants, 
  4.6   and maintenance grants.  If the 
  4.7   appropriation for either year is 
  4.8   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  4.9   other year is available for it. 
  4.10  These appropriations must be spent in 
  4.11  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.12  section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  4.13  (b) Aviation Support 
  4.14       5,247,000      5,329,000
  4.15  $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  4.16  second year are for the civil air 
  4.17  patrol. 
  4.18  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  4.19         132,000        133,000 
  4.20                Summary by Fund
  4.21  Airports                 71,000         72,000
  4.22  General                  50,000         50,000
  4.23  Trunk Highway            11,000         11,000
  4.24  Subd. 3.  Transit                    76,356,000     16,224,000
  4.25                Summary by Fund
  4.26  General              76,032,000     15,892,000
  4.27  Trunk Highway           324,000        332,000
  4.28  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.29  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.30  follows:  
  4.31  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  4.32  Assistance 
  4.33      15,556,000    15,406,000
  4.34  This appropriation is from the general 
  4.35  fund.  Any unencumbered balance the 
  4.36  first year does not cancel but is 
  4.37  available for the second year. 
  4.38  $150,000 the first year is for the 
  4.39  access to jobs and training program as 
  4.40  described in Laws 1997, chapter 159, 
  4.41  article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, 
  4.42  paragraph (c).  This appropriation is 
  4.43  available in both years of the biennium 
  4.44  and adds to the agency base. 
  4.45  (b) Transit Administration   
  4.46         800,000       818,000
  4.47                Summary by Fund
  5.1   General                 476,000       486,000
  5.2   Trunk Highway           324,000       332,000
  5.3   (c) Light Rail Transit
  5.4       60,000,000          -0- 
  5.5   This appropriation is from the general 
  5.6   fund and is for matching federal funds 
  5.7   for the planning, design, and 
  5.8   construction of light rail transit in 
  5.9   the Hiawatha corridor. This 
  5.10  appropriation may not be added to the 
  5.11  agency's budget base. 
  5.12  Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways    1,573,000      1,565,000
  5.13                Summary by Fund
  5.14  General                 309,000       266,000
  5.15  Trunk Highway         1,264,000     1,299,000 
  5.16  $40,000 the first year from the general 
  5.17  fund is to study Amtrak passenger 
  5.18  service to connect the Twin Cities with 
  5.19  Duluth and the iron range. 
  5.20  $10,000 the first year from the general 
  5.21  fund is to study the feasibility of 
  5.22  extending the Northstar commuter rail 
  5.23  corridor to Little Falls. 
  5.24  Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation   2,951,000      2,946,000
  5.25                Summary by Fund
  5.26  General                 116,000       119,000
  5.27  Trunk Highway         2,835,000     2,827,000
  5.28  $401,000 the first year and $330,000 
  5.29  the second year from the trunk highway 
  5.30  fund are for administration of 
  5.31  passenger carrier registration. 
  5.32  Subd. 6.  Local Roads              470,612,000    479,018,000
  5.33                Summary by Fund
  5.34  C.S.A.H.            365,063,000   371,624,000
  5.35  M.S.A.S.            105,549,000   107,394,000
  5.36  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.37  appropriation for each activity are as 
  5.38  follows:  
  5.39  (a) County State Aids 
  5.40     365,063,000    371,624,000
  5.41  This appropriation is from the county 
  5.42  state-aid highway fund and is available 
  5.43  until spent.  
  5.44  (b) Municipal State Aids 
  5.45     105,549,000    107,394,000
  6.1   This appropriation is from the 
  6.2   municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  6.3   available until spent.  
  6.4   If an appropriation for either county 
  6.5   state aids or municipal state aids does 
  6.6   not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  6.7   from which it is made in the year for 
  6.8   which it is made, the commissioner of 
  6.9   finance, upon request of the 
  6.10  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  6.11  notify the chair of the transportation 
  6.12  budget division of the senate and the 
  6.13  chair of the transportation budget 
  6.14  division of the house of 
  6.15  representatives of the amount of the 
  6.16  remainder and shall then add that 
  6.17  amount to the appropriation.  The 
  6.18  amount added is appropriated for the 
  6.19  purposes of county state aids or 
  6.20  municipal state aids, as appropriate.  
  6.21  Subd. 7.  State Roads                908,548,000    912,200,000
  6.22                Summary by Fund
  6.23  General              1,581,000          9,000
  6.24  Trunk Highway      906,967,000    912,191,000
  6.25  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.26  appropriation for each activity are as 
  6.27  follows:  
  6.28  (a) State Road Construction 
  6.29     514,434,000    513,452,000
  6.30  It is estimated that these 
  6.31  appropriations will be funded as 
  6.32  follows:  
  6.33  Federal Highway Aid 
  6.34     275,000,000    275,000,000
  6.35  Highway User Taxes 
  6.36     239,434,000    238,452,000
  6.37  The commissioner of transportation 
  6.38  shall notify the chair of the 
  6.39  transportation budget division of the 
  6.40  senate and chair of the transportation 
  6.41  finance committee of the house of 
  6.42  representatives quarterly of any events 
  6.43  that should cause these estimates to 
  6.44  change. 
  6.45  This appropriation is for the actual 
  6.46  construction, reconstruction, and 
  6.47  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  6.48  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  6.49  landowners for lands acquired for 
  6.50  highway rights-of-way, payment to 
  6.51  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  6.52  relocation expenses. 
  6.53  The commissioner shall transfer 
  6.54  $2,358,000 the first year and 
  6.55  $2,358,000 the second year to the trunk 
  7.1   highway revolving loan account. 
  7.2   $1,000,000 of this appropriation in the 
  7.3   first year is for matching grants to 
  7.4   counties or statutory or home rule 
  7.5   charter cities for trunk highway noise 
  7.6   barriers, which may include, but are 
  7.7   not limited to, fences, walls, earthen 
  7.8   berms, and landscaping buffers.  The 
  7.9   grants may be dispensed only on a 
  7.10  matching basis with the state providing 
  7.11  no more than two-thirds of the cost of 
  7.12  the project when matched by no less 
  7.13  than one-third from the county or 
  7.14  city.  The maximum amount of a grant 
  7.15  from the state must not exceed $300,000 
  7.16  for any county or city for a single 
  7.17  project.  
  7.18  The commissioner may receive money 
  7.19  covering other shares of the cost of 
  7.20  partnership projects.  These receipts 
  7.21  are appropriated to the commissioner 
  7.22  for these projects. 
  7.23  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  7.24      13,949,000     13,175,000
  7.25  $3,949,000 the first year and 
  7.26  $3,175,000 the second year are for 
  7.27  transfer to the state bond fund. 
  7.28  If this appropriation is insufficient 
  7.29  to make all transfers required in the 
  7.30  year for which it is made, the 
  7.31  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  7.32  the committee on state government 
  7.33  finance of the senate and the committee 
  7.34  on ways and means of the house of 
  7.35  representatives of the amount of the 
  7.36  deficiency and shall then transfer that 
  7.37  amount under the statutory open 
  7.38  appropriation.  
  7.39  Any excess appropriation must be 
  7.40  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  7.41  (c) Research and Investment Management 
  7.42      12,450,000     12,597,000
  7.43  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
  7.44  the second year are available for 
  7.45  grants for transportation studies 
  7.46  outside the metropolitan area to 
  7.47  identify critical concerns, problems, 
  7.48  and issues.  These grants are available 
  7.49  to (1) regional development 
  7.50  commissions, and (2) in regions where 
  7.51  no regional development commission is 
  7.52  functioning, joint powers boards 
  7.53  established under agreement of two or 
  7.54  more political subdivisions in the 
  7.55  region to exercise the planning 
  7.56  functions of a regional development 
  7.57  commission, and (3) in regions where no 
  7.58  regional development commission or 
  7.59  joint powers board is functioning, the 
  7.60  department's district office for that 
  7.61  region. 
  8.1   $216,000 the first year and $216,000 
  8.2   the second year are available for 
  8.3   grants to metropolitan planning 
  8.4   organizations outside the seven-county 
  8.5   metropolitan area. 
  8.6   $75,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
  8.7   second year are for transportation 
  8.8   planning relating to the 2000 census.  
  8.9   This appropriation may not be added to 
  8.10  the agency's budget base. 
  8.11  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  8.12  second year are for a transportation 
  8.13  research contingent account to finance 
  8.14  research projects that are reimbursable 
  8.15  from the federal government or from 
  8.16  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  8.17  for either year is insufficient, the 
  8.18  appropriation for the other year is 
  8.19  available for it. 
  8.20  (d) Central Engineering Services
  8.21      67,965,000     69,068,000
  8.22  (e) Design and Construction Engineering
  8.23      79,994,000     81,374,000
  8.24  $1,000,000 the first year and $500,000 
  8.25  the second year are for transportation 
  8.26  planning relating to the 2000 census.  
  8.27  This appropriation may not be added to 
  8.28  the agency's budget base. 
  8.29  (f) State Road Operations
  8.30     211,203,000    217,061,000
  8.31  $3,000,000 the first year and 
  8.32  $3,000,000 the second year are from the 
  8.33  trunk highway fund to address staffing 
  8.34  levels by adding positions in highway 
  8.35  maintenance and program delivery in the 
  8.36  districts.  At least $1,950,000 in each 
  8.37  year must be used for line positions in 
  8.38  the metropolitan districts.  Remaining 
  8.39  amounts must be used for line positions 
  8.40  in nonmetropolitan districts. 
  8.41  $2,000,000 the first year and 
  8.42  $4,000,000 the second year from the 
  8.43  trunk highway fund are for pavement 
  8.44  striping. 
  8.45  (g) Electronic Communications
  8.46       8,628,000      5,543,000
  8.47                Summary by Fund
  8.48  General               1,581,000         9,000
  8.49  Trunk Highway         7,047,000     5,534,000
  8.50  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  8.51  second year are from the general fund 
  8.52  for equipment and operation of the 
  8.53  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  8.54  Woods weather broadcasting. 
  9.1   $1,572,000 from the general fund and 
  9.2   $1,622,000 from the trunk highway fund 
  9.3   the first year are for completion of 
  9.4   phase I of the 800 MHz public safety 
  9.5   radio system in the metropolitan area.  
  9.6   This appropriation may not be added to 
  9.7   the agency's budget base. 
  9.8   Subd. 8.  General Support             40,231,000     40,946,000
  9.9                 Summary by Fund
  9.10  General                  49,000        49,000
  9.11  Airports                 70,000        70,000
  9.12  Trunk Highway        40,112,000    40,827,000
  9.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  9.14  appropriation for each activity are as 
  9.15  follows:  
  9.16  (a) General Management       
  9.17      28,523,000     29,181,000
  9.18  (b) General Services
  9.19      11,708,000     11,765,000
  9.20                Summary by Fund
  9.21  General                  49,000        49,000
  9.22  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  9.23  Trunk Highway        11,589,000    11,646,000 
  9.24  If the appropriation for either year is 
  9.25  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  9.26  other year is available for it.  
  9.27  $1,000,000 the first year and 
  9.28  $1,000,000 the second year are from the 
  9.29  trunk highway fund for implementation 
  9.30  of the department's plan for shared 
  9.31  information resources. 
  9.32  Subd. 9.  Buildings                    3,376,000   3,375,000
  9.33  If the appropriation for either year is 
  9.34  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  9.35  other year is available for it. 
  9.36  Subd. 10.  Transfers
  9.37  (a) The commissioner of transportation 
  9.38  with the approval of the commissioner 
  9.39  of finance may transfer unencumbered 
  9.40  balances among the appropriations from 
  9.41  the trunk highway fund and the state 
  9.42  airports fund made in this section.  No 
  9.43  transfer may be made from the 
  9.44  appropriation for state road 
  9.45  construction.  No transfer may be made 
  9.46  from the appropriations for debt 
  9.47  service to any other appropriation.  
  9.48  Transfers under this paragraph may not 
  9.49  be made between funds.  Transfers must 
  9.50  be reported immediately to the chair of 
  9.51  the transportation budget division of 
 10.1   the senate and the chair of the 
 10.2   transportation finance committee of the 
 10.3   house of representatives.  
 10.4   (b) The commissioner of finance shall 
 10.5   transfer from the flexible account in 
 10.6   the county state-aid highway fund 
 10.7   $4,400,000 the first year and 
 10.8   $4,500,000 the second year to the 
 10.9   municipal turnback account in the 
 10.10  municipal state-aid street fund and the 
 10.11  remainder in each year to the county 
 10.12  turnback account in the county 
 10.13  state-aid highway fund. 
 10.14  Subd. 11.  Use of State Road 
 10.15  Construction Appropriations 
 10.16  Any money appropriated to the 
 10.17  commissioner of transportation for 
 10.18  state road construction for any fiscal 
 10.19  year before fiscal year 2000 is 
 10.20  available to the commissioner during 
 10.21  fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to the 
 10.22  extent that the commissioner spends the 
 10.23  money on the state road construction 
 10.24  project for which the money was 
 10.25  originally encumbered during the fiscal 
 10.26  year for which it was appropriated. 
 10.27  The commissioner of transportation 
 10.28  shall report to the commissioner of 
 10.29  finance by August 1, 2000, and August 
 10.30  1, 2001, on a form the commissioner of 
 10.31  finance provides, on expenditures made 
 10.32  during the previous fiscal year that 
 10.33  are authorized by this subdivision. 
 10.34  Subd. 12.  Contingent Appropriation 
 10.35  The commissioner of transportation, 
 10.36  with the approval of the governor after 
 10.37  consultation with the legislative 
 10.38  advisory commission under Minnesota 
 10.39  Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer 
 10.40  all or part of the unappropriated 
 10.41  balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
 10.42  appropriation (1) for trunk highway 
 10.43  design, construction, or inspection in 
 10.44  order to take advantage of an 
 10.45  unanticipated receipt of income to the 
 10.46  trunk highway fund, (2) for trunk 
 10.47  highway maintenance in order to meet an 
 10.48  emergency, or (3) to pay tort or 
 10.49  environmental claims.  The amount 
 10.50  transferred is appropriated for the 
 10.51  purpose of the account to which it is 
 10.52  transferred. 
 10.53  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL  
 10.54  TRANSIT                               57,151,000     56,801,000
 10.55  This appropriation is from the general 
 10.56  fund. 
 10.57  $350,000 the first year is for the 
 10.58  access to jobs and training program 
 10.59  described in Laws 1997, chapter 159, 
 10.60  article 1, section 3, subdivision 1.  
 10.61  This appropriation is available in both 
 10.62  years of the biennium and adds to the 
 11.1   agency base. 
 11.2   Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY
 11.3   Subdivision 1.  Total       
 11.4   Appropriation                        110,716,000    111,772,000 
 11.5                           Summary by Fund
 11.6                                   2000           2001 
 11.7   General                       11,095,000     11,441,000
 11.8   Trunk
 11.9   Highway                       83,151,000     83,991,000
 11.10  Highway User                  15,523,000     15,375,000
 11.11  Special 
 11.12  Revenue                          947,000        965,000
 11.13  Subd. 2.  Administration 
 11.14  and Related Services                  12,740,000     12,976,000
 11.15                Summary by Fund
 11.16  General               4,478,000      4,555,000
 11.17  Trunk Highway         6,877,000      7,036,000
 11.18  Highway User          1,385,000      1,385,000
 11.19  (a) Office of Communications
 11.20         374,000        382,000
 11.21                Summary by Fund
 11.22  General                  20,000        20,000
 11.23  Trunk Highway           354,000       362,000
 11.24  (b) Public Safety Support
 11.25       7,653,000      7,811,000
 11.26                Summary by Fund
 11.27  General               3,014,000      3,085,000
 11.28  Trunk Highway         3,273,000      3,360,000
 11.29  Highway User          1,366,000      1,366,000
 11.30  $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
 11.31  the second year are for payment of 
 11.32  public safety officer survivor benefits 
 11.33  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.34  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
 11.35  either year is insufficient, the 
 11.36  appropriation for the other year is 
 11.37  available for it. 
 11.38  $244,000 the first year and $314,000 
 11.39  the second year are to be deposited in 
 11.40  the public safety officer's benefit 
 11.41  account.  This money is available for 
 11.42  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 11.43  Statutes, section 299A.465. 
 11.44  $508,000 the first year and $508,000 
 12.1   the second year are for soft body armor 
 12.2   reimbursements under Minnesota 
 12.3   Statutes, section 299A.38.  
 12.4   $1,830,000 the first year and 
 12.5   $1,830,000 the second year are 
 12.6   appropriated from the general fund for 
 12.7   transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 12.8   to the trunk highway fund on December 
 12.9   31, 1999, and December 31, 2000, 
 12.10  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 12.11  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 12.12  related to the fund.  These represent 
 12.13  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 12.14  highway fund for general fund purposes 
 12.15  in the administration and related 
 12.16  services program. 
 12.17  $610,000 the first year and $610,000 
 12.18  the second year are appropriated from 
 12.19  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 12.20  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 12.21  finance to the trunk highway fund on 
 12.22  December 31, 1999, and December 31, 
 12.23  2000, respectively, in order to 
 12.24  reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 12.25  expenses not related to the fund.  
 12.26  These represent amounts appropriated 
 12.27  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 12.28  highway user tax distribution fund 
 12.29  purposes in the administration and 
 12.30  related services program. 
 12.31  $716,000 the first year and $716,000 
 12.32  the second year are appropriated from 
 12.33  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 12.34  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 12.35  finance to the general fund on December 
 12.36  31, 1999, and December 31, 2000, 
 12.37  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 12.38  general fund for expenses not related 
 12.39  to the fund.  These represent amounts 
 12.40  appropriated out of the general fund 
 12.41  for operation of the criminal justice 
 12.42  data network related to driver and 
 12.43  motor vehicle licensing. 
 12.44  (c) Technical Support Services
 12.45       4,713,000      4,783,000
 12.46                Summary by Fund
 12.47  General               1,444,000      1,450,000
 12.48  Trunk Highway         3,250,000      3,314,000
 12.49  Highway User             19,000         19,000
 12.50  Subd. 3.  State Patrol                57,437,000     57,937,000
 12.51                          Summary by Fund
 12.52                                  2000           2001 
 12.53  General                        2,389,000      2,458,000
 12.54  Trunk Highway                 54,957,000     55,387,000
 12.55  Highway User                      91,000         92,000
 13.1   (a) Patrolling Highways
 13.2        47,362,000     47,647,000
 13.3   This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.4   highway fund. 
 13.5   $1,169,000 the first year is for 
 13.6   replacement of a state patrol 
 13.7   helicopter.  This appropriation may not 
 13.8   be added to the agency's budget base. 
 13.9   $735,000 the first year and $843,000 
 13.10  the second year are for annual hiring 
 13.11  of trooper candidates and operation of 
 13.12  the state patrol entry-level recruit 
 13.13  training academy. 
 13.14  (b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
 13.15       6,013,000      6,117,000
 13.16  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.17  highway fund. 
 13.18  (c) Capitol Security
 13.19       2,734,000      2,805,000
 13.20                Summary by Fund
 13.21  General               2,581,000     2,651,000
 13.22  Trunk Highway           153,000       154,000
 13.23  $229,000 the first year and $230,000 
 13.24  the second year from the general fund 
 13.25  are for capitol security personnel and 
 13.26  $153,000 the first year and $154,000 
 13.27  the second year from the trunk highway 
 13.28  fund are for additional trooper 
 13.29  personnel for the protection of elected 
 13.30  state officials. 
 13.31  (d) State Patrol Support
 13.32       1,710,000      1,752,000
 13.33                Summary by Fund
 13.34  General                  37,000        37,000
 13.35  Trunk Highway         1,582,000     1,623,000
 13.36  Highway User             91,000        92,000
 13.37  Subd. 4.  Driver and
 13.38  Vehicle Services                      38,845,000     39,139,000
 13.39                Summary by Fund
 13.40                                  2000           2001 
 13.41  General                       3,938,000      4,137,000
 13.42  Trunk Highway                20,860,000     21,104,000
 13.43  Highway User                 14,047,000     13,898,000
 13.44  (a) Vehicle Registration 
 13.45  and Title
 14.1       15,437,000     15,435,000
 14.2                 Summary by Fund
 14.3   General               3,291,000     3,473,000
 14.4   Trunk Highway        12,146,000    11,962,000
 14.5   $45,000 the first year is from the 
 14.6   highway user tax distribution fund for 
 14.7   purchase of an optical scanner.  This 
 14.8   appropriation may not be added to the 
 14.9   agency's budget base. 
 14.10  (b) Interstate Registration 
 14.11  and Reciprocity
 14.12       1,584,000      1,613,000
 14.13  This appropriation is from the highway 
 14.14  user tax distribution fund. 
 14.15  (c) Licensing Drivers 
 14.16      21,176,000     21,429,000
 14.17                Summary by Fund
 14.18  General                 635,000       652,000
 14.19  Trunk Highway        20,464,000    20,699,000
 14.20  Highway User             77,000        78,000
 14.21  $1,095,000 the first year and $800,000 
 14.22  the second year are from the trunk 
 14.23  highway fund for improved driver 
 14.24  testing services. 
 14.25  (d) Driver and Vehicle Services 
 14.26  Support
 14.27         648,000        662,000
 14.28                Summary by Fund
 14.29  General                  12,000        12,000
 14.30  Trunk Highway           396,000       405,000
 14.31  Highway User            240,000       245,000
 14.32  Subd. 5.  Traffic Safety                 365,000        371,000
 14.33                Summary by Fund
 14.34  General                  61,000        61,000
 14.35  Trunk Highway           304,000       310,000
 14.36  Subd. 6.  Pipeline Safety                947,000        965,000
 14.37  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 14.38  safety account in the special revenue 
 14.39  fund. 
 14.40  Sec. 5.  MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL         94,000         95,000
 14.41                Summary by Fund
 15.1   General                  12,000         13,000
 15.2   Trunk Highway            82,000         82,000
 15.3   Sec. 6.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC AND 
 15.4   LONG-RANGE PLANNING                       50,000            -0-
 15.5   This appropriation is from the general 
 15.6   fund for preparing the state long-range 
 15.7   development strategy. 
 15.8   Sec. 7.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 15.9   ACCOUNTS                                 375,000       375,000
 15.10  The appropriations in this section may 
 15.11  only be spent with the approval of the 
 15.12  governor after consultation with the 
 15.13  legislative advisory commission 
 15.14  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.15  3.30. 
 15.16  If an appropriation in this section for 
 15.17  either year is insufficient, the 
 15.18  appropriation for the other year is 
 15.19  available for it.  
 15.20                Summary by Fund
 15.21  Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
 15.22  Highway User            125,000       125,000
 15.23  Airports                 50,000        50,000
 15.24  Sec. 8.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000       600,000
 15.25  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 15.26  finance.  
 15.27  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 15.28  highway fund. 
 15.29  If the appropriation for either year is 
 15.30  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 15.31  other year is available for it. 
 15.32     Sec. 9.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 15.33  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 15.34  Subd. 7.  State Roads    9,000,000   807,314,000    817,712,000
 15.35                          Summary by Fund
 15.36                    1997          1998           1999 
 15.37  General                          109,000        109,000
 15.38  Trunk Highway    9,000,000   807,205,000    817,603,000
 15.39  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 15.40  appropriation for each activity are as 
 15.41  follows:  
 15.42  (a) State Road Construction 
 15.43                   9,000,000   445,822,000    445,838,000
 15.44  It is estimated that these 
 15.45  appropriations will be funded as 
 15.46  follows:  
 16.1   Federal Highway Aid 
 16.2      225,000,000    225,000,000
 16.3   Highway User Taxes 
 16.4      220,822,000    220,838,000
 16.5   The commissioner of transportation 
 16.6   shall notify the chair of the 
 16.7   transportation budget division of the 
 16.8   senate and chair of the transportation 
 16.9   budget division of the house of 
 16.10  representatives quarterly of any events 
 16.11  that should cause these estimates to 
 16.12  change. 
 16.13  This appropriation is for the actual 
 16.14  construction, reconstruction, and 
 16.15  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
 16.16  includes the cost of actual payment to 
 16.17  landowners for lands acquired for 
 16.18  highway rights-of-way, payment to 
 16.19  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
 16.20  relocation expenses.  
 16.21  The appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
 16.22  is for state road construction and is 
 16.23  added to the appropriations in Laws 
 16.24  1995, chapter 265, article 2, section 
 16.25  2, subdivision 7, clause (a).  The 
 16.26  commissioner, with the approval of the 
 16.27  commissioner of finance, may spend up 
 16.28  to $7,100,000 of this appropriation for 
 16.29  state road operations for flood relief 
 16.30  efforts. 
 16.31  Of this appropriation, up to 
 16.32  $15,000,000 the first year and up to 
 16.33  $15,000,000 the second year may be 
 16.34  transferred by the commissioner to the 
 16.35  trunk highway revolving loan account if 
 16.36  this account is created in the trunk 
 16.37  highway fund. 
 16.38  The commissioner of transportation may 
 16.39  receive money covering other shares of 
 16.40  the cost of partnership projects.  
 16.41  These receipts are appropriated to the 
 16.42  commissioner for these projects. 
 16.43  Before proceeding with a project, or a 
 16.44  series of projects on a single highway, 
 16.45  with a cost exceeding $10,000,000, the 
 16.46  commissioner shall consider the 
 16.47  feasibility of alternative means of 
 16.48  financing the project or series of 
 16.49  projects, including but not limited to 
 16.50  congestion pricing, tolls, mileage 
 16.51  pricing, and public-private partnership.
 16.52  (b) Highway Debt Service 
 16.53      15,161,000     13,539,000
 16.54  $5,951,000 the first year and 
 16.55  $5,403,000 the second year are for 
 16.56  transfer to the state bond fund. 
 16.57  If this appropriation is insufficient 
 16.58  to make all transfers required in the 
 17.1   year for which it is made, the 
 17.2   commissioner of finance shall notify 
 17.3   the committee on state government 
 17.4   finance of the senate and the committee 
 17.5   on ways and means of the house of 
 17.6   representatives of the amount of the 
 17.7   deficiency and shall then transfer that 
 17.8   amount under the statutory open 
 17.9   appropriation.  
 17.10  Any excess appropriation must be 
 17.11  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
 17.12  (c) Research and Investment Management 
 17.13      11,606,000     11,791,000
 17.14  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
 17.15  the second year are available for 
 17.16  grants for transportation studies 
 17.17  outside the metropolitan area for 
 17.18  transportation studies to identify 
 17.19  critical concerns, problems, and 
 17.20  issues.  These grants are available to 
 17.21  (1) regional development commissions, 
 17.22  and (2) in regions where no regional 
 17.23  development commission is functioning, 
 17.24  joint-powers boards established under 
 17.25  agreement of two or more political 
 17.26  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
 17.27  the planning functions of a regional 
 17.28  development commission, and (3) in 
 17.29  regions where no regional development 
 17.30  commission or joint powers board is 
 17.31  functioning, the department's district 
 17.32  office for that region. 
 17.33  $216,000 the first year and $216,000 
 17.34  the second year are available for 
 17.35  grants to metropolitan planning 
 17.36  organizations outside the seven-county 
 17.37  metropolitan area. 
 17.38  $154,000 the first year and $181,000 
 17.39  the second year are for development of 
 17.40  an upgraded transportation information 
 17.41  system for making investment decisions. 
 17.42  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 17.43  second year are for a transportation 
 17.44  research contingent account to finance 
 17.45  research projects that are reimbursable 
 17.46  from the federal government or from 
 17.47  other sources.  If the appropriation 
 17.48  for either year is insufficient, the 
 17.49  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.50  available for it. 
 17.51  (d) Central Engineering Services
 17.52      56,593,000     57,384,000
 17.53  Of these appropriations, $2,190,000 the 
 17.54  first year and $2,190,000 the second 
 17.55  year are for scientific equipment.  If 
 17.56  the appropriation for either year is 
 17.57  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 17.58  other year is available for it. 
 17.59  (e) Design and Construction Engineering
 18.1       69,445,000     70,879,000
 18.2   (f) State Road Operations
 18.3      202,431,000    205,503,000
 18.4                 Summary by Fund
 18.5   General                 100,000       100,000
 18.6   Trunk Highway       202,331,000   205,403,000
 18.7   $11,689,000 the first year and 
 18.8   $11,689,000 the second year are for 
 18.9   road equipment.  If the appropriation 
 18.10  for either year is insufficient, the 
 18.11  appropriation for the other year is 
 18.12  available for it. 
 18.13  $805,000 each year is for the Orion 
 18.14  intelligent transportation system 
 18.15  research project. 
 18.16  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 18.17  the second year are from the general 
 18.18  fund for grants to the Minnesota 
 18.19  highway safety center at St. Cloud 
 18.20  State University for driver education. 
 18.21  (g) Electronic Communications
 18.22       6,256,000     12,778,000
 18.23                Summary by Fund
 18.24  General                   9,000         9,000
 18.25  Trunk Highway         6,247,000    12,769,000
 18.26  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
 18.27  second year are from the general fund 
 18.28  for equipment and operation of the 
 18.29  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
 18.30  Woods weather broadcasting. 
 18.31  $1,730,000 the first year and 
 18.32  $8,170,000 the second year are for the 
 18.33  purchase of ancillary equipment for the 
 18.34  800 MHz system and for personnel 
 18.35  necessary to develop, install, and 
 18.36  operate the system.  This appropriation 
 18.37  does not cancel but is available until 
 18.38  spent. 
 18.39     Sec. 10.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 18.40  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 18.41  Subd. 3.  State Patrol    226,000     51,215,000     51,717,000
 18.42                          Summary by Fund
 18.43                    1997          1998           1999 
 18.44  General           226,000      2,058,000      2,181,000
 18.45  Trunk Highway                 49,067,000     49,446,000
 18.46  Highway User                      90,000         90,000 
 18.47  The commissioner of finance shall 
 19.1   reduce the appropriations for the 
 19.2   division of state patrol from the trunk 
 19.3   highway fund and general fund as 
 19.4   necessary to reflect legislation 
 19.5   enacted in 1997 that (1) reduces state 
 19.6   contributions for pensions for 
 19.7   employees under the division of state 
 19.8   patrol from the trunk highway fund or 
 19.9   general fund, or (2) provides money for 
 19.10  those pensions from police state aid. 
 19.11  Of the appropriation for fiscal year 
 19.12  1997, $76,000 is for transfer to the 
 19.13  trunk highway fund and $150,000 is to 
 19.14  reimburse the state patrol for general 
 19.15  fund expenditures to cover the costs of 
 19.16  deploying state patrol troopers to the 
 19.17  city of Minneapolis to assist the city 
 19.18  in combating violent crime. 
 19.19  $600,000 the first year and $1,200,000 
 19.20  the second year from the trunk highway 
 19.21  fund are to implement wage increases 
 19.22  for state patrol troopers, trooper 1s, 
 19.23  and corporals.  The wage adjustments 
 19.24  are based on an internal Hay study 
 19.25  conducted by the department of employee 
 19.26  relations. 
 19.27  $1,675,000 the first year and $424,000 
 19.28  the second year from the trunk highway 
 19.29  fund and $93,000 the first year and 
 19.30  $22,000 the second year from the 
 19.31  general fund are for the development 
 19.32  and operational costs of computer-aided 
 19.33  dispatching, records management, and 
 19.34  station office automation systems. 
 19.35  $78,000 the first year and $78,000 the 
 19.36  second year from the general fund are 
 19.37  for additional capitol complex security 
 19.38  positions. 
 19.39  The commissioner of public safety shall 
 19.40  identify and implement measures to 
 19.41  increase the representation of females 
 19.42  and minorities in the state patrol so 
 19.43  that the trooper population more 
 19.44  accurately reflects the population 
 19.45  served by the state patrol.  These 
 19.46  measures must include: 
 19.47  (1) evaluation of hiring and training 
 19.48  programs to identify and eliminate any 
 19.49  biases against underutilized, protected 
 19.50  groups; 
 19.51  (2) expansion of outreach programs to 
 19.52  high schools to include informational 
 19.53  presentations on law enforcement 
 19.54  careers and law enforcement degree 
 19.55  programs; 
 19.56  (3) intensification of recruitment 
 19.57  efforts toward qualified members of 
 19.58  protected groups; 
 19.59  (4) provision of guidance and support 
 19.60  to students in law enforcement degree 
 19.61  programs; 
 20.1   (5) publication of employment 
 20.2   opportunities in newspapers with 
 20.3   substantial readership among protected 
 20.4   groups; and 
 20.5   (6) development of other innovative 
 20.6   ways to promote awareness, acceptance, 
 20.7   and appreciation for diversity and 
 20.8   affirmative action in the state patrol. 
 20.9   The commissioner shall report to the 
 20.10  senate transportation committee and the 
 20.11  house of representatives transportation 
 20.12  and transit committee by January 30, 
 20.13  1998, on the measures implemented, 
 20.14  results achieved, progress made in 
 20.15  reaching affirmative action goals, and 
 20.16  recommendations for future action. 
 20.17  When an otherwise qualified candidate 
 20.18  does not have the educational credits 
 20.19  to meet the current peace officer 
 20.20  standards and training board licensing 
 20.21  standards, the commissioner may provide 
 20.22  the financial resources to obtain the 
 20.23  education necessary to meet the 
 20.24  licensing requirements.  Of this 
 20.25  appropriation, $150,000 the second year 
 20.26  from the general fund is for assistance 
 20.27  to these otherwise qualified 
 20.28  individuals to prepare them for the 
 20.29  trooper candidate school beginning in 
 20.30  January 1999.  This appropriation does 
 20.31  not cancel but is available until spent.
 20.32                             ARTICLE 2
 20.33                     TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
 20.34     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.011, 
 20.35  subdivision 35, is amended to read: 
 20.36     Subd. 35.  [LIMOUSINE.] For purposes of motor vehicle 
 20.37  registration only, "Limousine" means an unmarked a luxury 
 20.38  passenger automobile that is not a van or station wagon and has 
 20.39  a seating capacity of not more than 12 persons, excluding the 
 20.40  driver.  
 20.41     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.012, 
 20.42  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 20.43     Subdivision 1.  [VEHICLES EXEMPT FROM TAX AND REGISTRATION 
 20.44  FEES.] (a) The following vehicles are exempt from the provisions 
 20.45  of this chapter requiring payment of tax and registration fees, 
 20.46  except as provided in subdivision 1c:  
 20.47     (1) vehicles owned and used solely in the transaction of 
 20.48  official business by the federal government, the state, or any 
 20.49  political subdivision; 
 21.1      (2) vehicles owned and used exclusively by educational 
 21.2   institutions and used solely in the transportation of pupils to 
 21.3   and from such institutions; 
 21.4      (3) vehicles used solely in driver education programs at 
 21.5   nonpublic high schools; 
 21.6      (4) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used 
 21.7   exclusively to transport disabled persons for educational 
 21.8   purposes; 
 21.9      (5) vehicles owned and used by honorary consul; and 
 21.10     (6) ambulances owned by ambulance services licensed under 
 21.11  section 144E.10, the general appearance of which is 
 21.12  unmistakable; and 
 21.13     (7) vehicles owned by a commercial driving school licensed 
 21.14  under section 171.34 and used exclusively for driver education 
 21.15  and training. 
 21.16     (b) Vehicles owned by the federal government, municipal 
 21.17  fire apparatus including fire supression support vehicles, 
 21.18  police patrols and ambulances, the general appearance of which 
 21.19  is unmistakable, shall not be required to register or display 
 21.20  number plates.  
 21.21     (c) Unmarked vehicles used in general police work, liquor 
 21.22  investigations, arson investigations, and passenger automobiles, 
 21.23  pickup trucks, and buses owned or operated by the department of 
 21.24  corrections shall be registered and shall display appropriate 
 21.25  license number plates which shall be furnished by the registrar 
 21.26  at cost.  Original and renewal applications for these license 
 21.27  plates authorized for use in general police work and for use by 
 21.28  the department of corrections must be accompanied by a 
 21.29  certification signed by the appropriate chief of police if 
 21.30  issued to a police vehicle, the appropriate sheriff if issued to 
 21.31  a sheriff's vehicle, the commissioner of corrections if issued 
 21.32  to a department of corrections vehicle, or the appropriate 
 21.33  officer in charge if issued to a vehicle of any other law 
 21.34  enforcement agency.  The certification must be on a form 
 21.35  prescribed by the commissioner and state that the vehicle will 
 21.36  be used exclusively for a purpose authorized by this section.  
 22.1      (d) Unmarked vehicles used by the departments of revenue 
 22.2   and labor and industry, fraud unit, in conducting seizures or 
 22.3   criminal investigations must be registered and must display 
 22.4   passenger vehicle classification license number plates which 
 22.5   shall be furnished at cost by the registrar.  Original and 
 22.6   renewal applications for these passenger vehicle license plates 
 22.7   must be accompanied by a certification signed by the 
 22.8   commissioner of revenue or the commissioner of labor and 
 22.9   industry.  The certification must be on a form prescribed by the 
 22.10  commissioner and state that the vehicles will be used 
 22.11  exclusively for the purposes authorized by this section. 
 22.12     (e) Unmarked vehicles used by the division of disease 
 22.13  prevention and control of the department of health must be 
 22.14  registered and must display passenger vehicle classification 
 22.15  license number plates.  These plates must be furnished at cost 
 22.16  by the registrar.  Original and renewal applications for these 
 22.17  passenger vehicle license plates must be accompanied by a 
 22.18  certification signed by the commissioner of health.  The 
 22.19  certification must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner 
 22.20  and state that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the 
 22.21  official duties of the division of disease prevention and 
 22.22  control.  
 22.23     (f) All other motor vehicles shall be registered and 
 22.24  display tax-exempt number plates which shall be furnished by the 
 22.25  registrar at cost, except as provided in subdivision 1c.  All 
 22.26  vehicles required to display tax-exempt number plates shall have 
 22.27  the name of the state department or political subdivision, or 
 22.28  the nonpublic high school operating a driver education program, 
 22.29  or licensed commercial driving school, on the vehicle plainly 
 22.30  displayed on both sides thereof in letters not less than 2-1/2 
 22.31  inches high and one-half inch wide; except that each state 
 22.32  hospital and institution for the mentally ill and mentally 
 22.33  retarded may have one vehicle without the required 
 22.34  identification on the sides of the vehicle, and county social 
 22.35  service agencies may have vehicles used for child and vulnerable 
 22.36  adult protective services without the required identification on 
 23.1   the sides of the vehicle.  Such identification shall be in a 
 23.2   color giving contrast with that of the part of the vehicle on 
 23.3   which it is placed and shall endure throughout the term of the 
 23.4   registration.  The identification must not be on a removable 
 23.5   plate or placard and shall be kept clean and visible at all 
 23.6   times; except that a removable plate or placard may be utilized 
 23.7   on vehicles leased or loaned to a political subdivision or to a 
 23.8   nonpublic high school driver education program. 
 23.9      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.013, 
 23.10  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 23.11     Subd. 2.  [PRORATED FEES.] When a motor vehicle first 
 23.12  becomes subject to taxation during the registration period for 
 23.13  which the tax is paid, or when a vehicle becomes subject to 
 23.14  taxation upon transfer from a motor vehicle dealer, the tax 
 23.15  shall be for the remainder of the period prorated on a monthly 
 23.16  basis, 1/12 of the annual tax for each calendar month or 
 23.17  fraction thereof; provided, however, that for a vehicle having 
 23.18  an annual tax of $10 or less there shall be no reduction until 
 23.19  on and after September 1 when the annual tax shall be reduced 
 23.20  one-half. 
 23.21     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.013, 
 23.22  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 23.23     Subd. 6.  [LISTING BY DEALERS.] The owner of every motor 
 23.24  vehicle not exempted by section 168.012 or 168.28, shall, so 
 23.25  long as it is subject to taxation within the state, list and 
 23.26  register the same and pay the tax herein provided annually; 
 23.27  provided, however, that any dealer in motor vehicles, to whom 
 23.28  dealer's plates have been issued as provided in this chapter, 
 23.29  coming into the possession of any such motor vehicle to be held 
 23.30  solely for the purpose of sale or demonstration or both, shall 
 23.31  be entitled to withhold the tax becoming due on such vehicle for 
 23.32  the following year if the vehicle is received before the current 
 23.33  year registration expires and the transfer is filed with the 
 23.34  registrar on or before such expiration date.  When, thereafter, 
 23.35  such vehicle is otherwise used or is sold, leased, or rented to 
 23.36  another person, firm, corporation, or association, the whole tax 
 24.1   for the remainder of the year, prorated on a monthly basis, 
 24.2   shall become payable immediately with all arrears. 
 24.3      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.17, is 
 24.4   amended to read: 
 24.5      168.17 [SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION.] 
 24.6      All registrations and issue of number plates shall be 
 24.7   subject to amendment, suspension, modification or revocation by 
 24.8   the registrar summarily for any violation of or neglect to 
 24.9   comply with the provisions of this chapter or when the 
 24.10  transferee fails to comply with section 168A.10, subdivision 2, 
 24.11  within 30 days of the date of sale.  In any case where the 
 24.12  proper registration of a motor vehicle is dependent upon 
 24.13  procuring information entailing such delay as to unreasonably 
 24.14  deprive the owner of the use of the motor vehicle, the registrar 
 24.15  may issue a tax receipt and plates conditionally.  In any case 
 24.16  when revoking a registration for cause, the registrar shall have 
 24.17  authority to demand the return of the number plates and 
 24.18  registration certificates, and, if necessary, to seize the 
 24.19  number plates issued for such registration. 
 24.20     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.301, 
 24.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 24.22     Subd. 3.  [LATE FEE.] In addition to any fee or tax 
 24.23  otherwise authorized or imposed upon the transfer of title for a 
 24.24  motor vehicle, the commissioner of public safety shall impose a 
 24.25  $2 additional fee for failure to deliver a title transfer within 
 24.26  14 ten days. 
 24.27     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.301, 
 24.28  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 24.29     Subd. 4.  [REINSTATEMENT FEE.] When the commissioner has 
 24.30  suspended license plates on a vehicle because the transferee has 
 24.31  failed to deliver file the title certificate within ten 30 days 
 24.32  as provided in subdivision 1, the transferee shall pay a $5 $10 
 24.33  fee before the registration is reinstated. 
 24.34     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.33, 
 24.35  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 24.36     Subd. 7.  [FILING FEE.] In addition to all other statutory 
 25.1   fees and taxes, a filing fee of $3.50 $4.50 beginning August 1, 
 25.2   1999, and $5 beginning January 1, 2000, is imposed on every 
 25.3   application; except that a filing fee may not be charged for a 
 25.4   document returned for a refund or for a correction of an error 
 25.5   made by the department or a deputy registrar.  The filing fee 
 25.6   shall be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal 
 25.7   notices sent out by the department of public safety.  No filing 
 25.8   fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a 
 25.9   certificate of title and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
 25.10  Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the registrar 
 25.11  must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the highway 
 25.12  user tax distribution fund, except fees for registrations of new 
 25.13  motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected for registrations of new 
 25.14  motor vehicles must be paid into the state treasury with 50 
 25.15  percent of the money credited to the general fund and 50 percent 
 25.16  credited to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 25.17     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.05, 
 25.18  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 25.19     Subd. 5.  [ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF TITLE FORMS.] (a) The 
 25.20  certificate of title shall contain forms: 
 25.21     (1) for assignment and warranty of title by the owner, and; 
 25.22     (2) for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, and 
 25.23  shall contain forms for applications; 
 25.24     (3) to apply for a certificate of title by a transferee, 
 25.25  and the naming of; 
 25.26     (4) to name a secured party, and shall include language 
 25.27  necessary to implement; and 
 25.28     (5) to make the disclosure required by section 325F.6641.  
 25.29     (b) The certificate of title must also include a separate 
 25.30  detachable postcard entitled "Notice of Sale" that contains, but 
 25.31  is not limited to, the vehicle's title number and vehicle 
 25.32  identification number.  The postcard must include sufficient 
 25.33  space for the owner to record the purchaser's name, address, and 
 25.34  driver's license number, if any, and the date of sale.  The 
 25.35  Notice of Sale must include clear instructions regarding the 
 25.36  owner's responsibility to complete and return the form, or to 
 26.1   transmit the required information electronically in a form 
 26.2   acceptable to the commissioner, pursuant to section 168A.10, 
 26.3   subdivision 1. 
 26.4      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 26.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 26.6      Subdivision 1.  [ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF TITLE; MILEAGE; 
 26.7   NOTICE OF SALE.] If an owner transfers interest in a vehicle 
 26.8   other than by the creation of a security interest, the owner 
 26.9   shall at the time of the delivery of the vehicle execute an 
 26.10  assignment and warranty of title to the transferee and shall 
 26.11  state the actual selling price in the space provided therefor on 
 26.12  the certificate.  Within ten days of the date of sale, other 
 26.13  than a sale by or to a licensed motor vehicle dealer, the owner 
 26.14  shall:  (1) complete, detach, and return to the department the 
 26.15  postcard on the certificate entitled "Notice of Sale," if one is 
 26.16  provided, including the transferee's name, address, and driver's 
 26.17  license number, if any, and the date of sale; or (2) transmit 
 26.18  this information electronically in a form acceptable to the 
 26.19  commissioner.  With respect to motor vehicles subject to the 
 26.20  provisions of section 325E.15, the transferor shall also, in the 
 26.21  space provided therefor on the certificate, state the true 
 26.22  cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or that the actual 
 26.23  mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the 
 26.24  transferor to be different from the true mileage.  The 
 26.25  transferor shall cause the certificate and assignment to be 
 26.26  delivered to the transferee immediately. 
 26.27     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 26.28  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 26.29     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION FOR NEW CERTIFICATE.] Except as 
 26.30  provided in section 168A.11, the transferee shall, within ten 
 26.31  days after assignment to the transferee of the vehicle title 
 26.32  certificate, execute the application for a new certificate of 
 26.33  title in the space provided therefor on the certificate, and 
 26.34  cause the certificate of title to be mailed or delivered to the 
 26.35  department.  Failure of the transferee to comply with this 
 26.36  subdivision shall result in the suspension of the vehicle's 
 27.1   registration under section 168.17. 
 27.2      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 27.3   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 27.4      Subd. 5.  [COMPLIANCE REMOVES LIABILITY AFTER DELIVERY.] 
 27.5   Except as provided in section 168A.11 and as between the 
 27.6   parties, a transfer by an owner is not effective until the 
 27.7   provisions of this section have been complied with; however, an 
 27.8   owner who has delivered possession of the vehicle to the 
 27.9   transferee and has complied, or within 48 hours after such 
 27.10  delivery does comply, with the provisions of this section 
 27.11  requiring action by the owner is not liable as owner for any 
 27.12  damages resulting from operation of the vehicle after the 
 27.13  delivery of the vehicle to the transferee.  An owner is not 
 27.14  liable who has complied with the provisions of this section 
 27.15  except for completing and returning the Notice of Sale or 
 27.16  transmitting the required information electronically under 
 27.17  subdivision 1. 
 27.18     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.30, 
 27.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 27.20     Subd. 2.  [WILLFUL OR FRAUDULENT ACTS; FAILURE TO NOTIFY.] 
 27.21  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: 
 27.22     (1) with fraudulent intent permits another, not entitled 
 27.23  thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; 
 27.24     (2) willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of 
 27.25  title to the department within the time required by sections 
 27.26  168A.01 to 168A.31; 
 27.27     (3) willfully fails to deliver to the transferee a 
 27.28  certificate of title within ten days after the time required by 
 27.29  sections 168A.01 to 168A.31; 
 27.30     (4) commits a fraud in any application for a certificate of 
 27.31  title; 
 27.32     (5) fails to notify the department of any fact as required 
 27.33  by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31, except for the facts included in 
 27.34  the Notice of Sale described in section 168A.10, subdivision 1; 
 27.35  or 
 27.36     (6) willfully violates any other provision of sections 
 28.1   168A.01 to 168A.31 except as otherwise provided in sections 
 28.2   168A.01 to 168A.31. 
 28.3      Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.01, is 
 28.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 28.5      Subd. 90.  [SCHOOL ZONE.] "School zone" means that section 
 28.6   of a street or highway that abuts the grounds of a school where 
 28.7   children have access to the street or highway from the school 
 28.8   property or where an established school crossing is located; 
 28.9   provided, there is in place the school advance sign prescribed 
 28.10  by the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the 
 28.11  commissioner of transportation under section 169.06. 
 28.12     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.122, 
 28.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 28.14     Subd. 5.  [EXCEPTION.] This section does not apply to the 
 28.15  possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers 
 28.16  in: 
 28.17     (1) a bus operated under a charter as defined in section 
 28.18  221.011, subdivision 20 that is operated by a motor carrier of 
 28.19  passengers, as defined in section 221.011, subdivision 48; or 
 28.20     (2) a vehicle providing limousine service as defined in 
 28.21  section 221.84, subdivision 1. 
 28.22     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.14, 
 28.23  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 28.24     Subd. 4.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES BY COMMISSIONER.] On 
 28.25  determining upon the basis of an engineering and traffic 
 28.26  investigation that any speed set forth in this section is 
 28.27  greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions 
 28.28  found to exist on any trunk highway or upon any part thereof, 
 28.29  the commissioner may erect appropriate signs designating a 
 28.30  reasonable and safe speed limit thereat, which speed limit shall 
 28.31  be effective when such signs are erected.  Any speeds in excess 
 28.32  of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is 
 28.33  not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that 
 28.34  any speed limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit 
 28.35  and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful.  On 
 28.36  determining upon that basis that a part of the trunk highway 
 29.1   system outside a municipality should be a zone of maximum speed 
 29.2   limit, the commissioner may establish that part as such a zone 
 29.3   by erecting appropriate signs showing the beginning and end of 
 29.4   the zone, designating a reasonable and safe speed therefor, 
 29.5   which may be different than the speed set forth in this section, 
 29.6   and that it is a zone of maximum speed limit.  The speed so 
 29.7   designated by the commissioner within any such zone shall be a 
 29.8   maximum speed limit, and speed in excess of such limit shall be 
 29.9   unlawful.  The commissioner may in the same manner from time to 
 29.10  time alter the boundary of such a zone and the speed limit 
 29.11  therein or eliminate such zone.  The commissioner shall 
 29.12  establish a maximum speed limit of 25 miles per hour in a school 
 29.13  zone on a trunk highway after a school board and local authority 
 29.14  jointly request this action for a school zone within their 
 29.15  jurisdictions. 
 29.16     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.14, 
 29.17  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 29.18     Subd. 5.  [ZONING WITHIN LOCAL AREA.] When local 
 29.19  authorities believe that the existing speed limit upon any 
 29.20  street or highway, or part thereof, within their respective 
 29.21  jurisdictions and not a part of the trunk highway system is 
 29.22  greater or less than is reasonable or safe under existing 
 29.23  conditions, they may request the commissioner to authorize, upon 
 29.24  the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the 
 29.25  erection of appropriate signs designating what speed is 
 29.26  reasonable and safe, and the commissioner may authorize the 
 29.27  erection of appropriate signs designating a reasonable and safe 
 29.28  speed limit thereat, which speed limit shall be effective when 
 29.29  such signs are erected.  Any speeds in excess of these speed 
 29.30  limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not 
 29.31  reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that any 
 29.32  speed limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and 
 29.33  any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful.  Alteration of 
 29.34  speed limits on streets and highways shall be made only upon 
 29.35  authority of the commissioner except as provided in subdivision 
 29.36  5a.  
 30.1      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.14, 
 30.2   subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
 30.3      Subd. 5a.  [SPEED ZONING IN SCHOOL ZONE; SURCHARGE.] Local 
 30.4   authorities may establish a school speed limit within a school 
 30.5   zone of a public or nonpublic school upon the basis of an 
 30.6   engineering and traffic investigation as prescribed by the 
 30.7   commissioner of transportation.  The establishment of a school 
 30.8   speed limit on any trunk highway shall be with the consent of 
 30.9   the commissioner of transportation, except where a 25 mile per 
 30.10  hour speed limit has been requested under section 169.14, 
 30.11  subdivision 4.  Such school speed limits shall be in effect when 
 30.12  children are present, going to or leaving school during opening 
 30.13  or closing hours or during school recess periods.  The school 
 30.14  speed limit shall not be lower than 15 miles per hour and shall 
 30.15  not be more than 20 miles per hour below the established speed 
 30.16  limit on an affected street or highway if the established speed 
 30.17  limit is 40 miles per hour or greater, except where a 25 mile 
 30.18  per hour speed limit has been requested under section 169.14, 
 30.19  subdivision 4. 
 30.20     The school speed limit shall be effective upon the erection 
 30.21  of appropriate signs designating the speed and indicating the 
 30.22  beginning and end of the reduced speed zone.  Any speed in 
 30.23  excess of such posted school speed limit is unlawful.  All such 
 30.24  signs shall be erected by the local authorities on those streets 
 30.25  and highways under their respective jurisdictions and by the 
 30.26  commissioner of transportation on trunk highways. 
 30.27     For the purpose of this subdivision, "school zone" means 
 30.28  that section of a street or highway which abuts the grounds of a 
 30.29  school where children have access to the street or highway from 
 30.30  the school property or where an established school crossing is 
 30.31  located provided the school advance sign prescribed by the 
 30.32  manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the 
 30.33  commissioner of transportation pursuant to section 169.06 is in 
 30.34  place.  All signs erected by local authorities to designate 
 30.35  speed limits in school zones shall conform to the manual on 
 30.36  uniform control devices. 
 31.1      Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other law to 
 31.2   the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit established 
 31.3   under this subdivision is assessed an additional surcharge equal 
 31.4   to the amount of the fine imposed for the violation, but not 
 31.5   less than $25. 
 31.6      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.55, 
 31.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 31.8      Subdivision 1.  [LIGHTS OR REFLECTORS REQUIRED.] At the 
 31.9   times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required each vehicle 
 31.10  including an animal-drawn vehicle and any vehicle specifically 
 31.11  excepted in sections 169.47 to 169.79, with respect to equipment 
 31.12  and not hereinbefore specifically required to be equipped with 
 31.13  lamps, shall be equipped with one or more lighted lamps or 
 31.14  lanterns projecting a white light visible from a distance of 500 
 31.15  feet to the front of the vehicle and with a lamp or lantern 
 31.16  exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to 
 31.17  the rear, except that reflectors meeting the maximum 
 31.18  requirements of this chapter may be used in lieu of the lights 
 31.19  required in this subdivision.  It shall be unlawful except as 
 31.20  otherwise provided in this subdivision, to project a white light 
 31.21  to the rear of any such vehicle while traveling on any street or 
 31.22  highway, unless such vehicle is moving in reverse.  A lighting 
 31.23  device mounted on top of a vehicle engaged in deliveries to 
 31.24  residences may project a white light to the rear if the sign 
 31.25  projects one or more additional colors to the rear.  An 
 31.26  authorized emergency vehicle may display an oscillating, 
 31.27  alternating, or rotating white light used in connection with an 
 31.28  oscillating, alternating, or rotating red light when responding 
 31.29  to emergency calls. 
 31.30     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.58, is 
 31.31  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 31.32     Subd. 4.  [LIGHTED SIGN ON VEHICLE.] A vehicle engaged in 
 31.33  deliveries to residences may display a lighting device mounted 
 31.34  on the vehicle, which may project a red light to the front if 
 31.35  the sign projects one or more additional colors to the front. 
 31.36     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.04, 
 32.1   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 32.2      Subdivision 1.  [PERSONS NOT ELIGIBLE.] The department 
 32.3   shall not issue a driver's license: 
 32.4      (1) to any person under 18 years unless: 
 32.5      (i) the applicant is 16 or 17 years of age and has a 
 32.6   previously issued valid license from another state or country or 
 32.7   the applicant has, for the 12 consecutive months preceding 
 32.8   application, held a provisional license and during that time has 
 32.9   incurred (A) no conviction for a violation of section 169.121, 
 32.10  169.1218, 169.122, or 169.123, (B) no conviction for a 
 32.11  crash-related moving violation, and (C) not more than one 
 32.12  conviction for a moving violation that is not crash related.  
 32.13  "Moving violation" means a violation of a traffic regulation but 
 32.14  does not include a parking violation, vehicle equipment 
 32.15  violation, or warning citation. 
 32.16     (ii) the application for a license is approved by (A) 
 32.17  either parent when both reside in the same household as the 
 32.18  minor applicant or, if otherwise, then (B) the parent or spouse 
 32.19  of the parent having custody or, in the event there is no court 
 32.20  order for custody, then (C) the parent or spouse of the parent 
 32.21  with whom the minor is living or, if subitems (A) to (C) do not 
 32.22  apply, then (D) the guardian having custody of the minor or, in 
 32.23  the event a person under the age of 18 has no living father, 
 32.24  mother, or guardian, then (E) the minor's employer; provided, 
 32.25  that the approval required by this item contains a verification 
 32.26  of the age of the applicant and the identity of the parent, 
 32.27  guardian, or employer; and 
 32.28     (iii) the applicant presents a certification by the person 
 32.29  who approves the application under item (ii), stating that the 
 32.30  applicant has driven a motor vehicle accompanied by and under 
 32.31  supervision of a licensed driver at least 21 years of age for at 
 32.32  least ten hours during the period of provisional licensure; 
 32.33     (2) to any person who is under the age of 18 years unless 
 32.34  the person has applied for, been issued, and possessed the 
 32.35  appropriate instruction permit for a minimum of six months, and 
 32.36  a provisional license for a minimum of 12 months; 
 33.1      (3) to any person who is 18 years of age or older, unless 
 33.2   that person has applied for, been issued, and possessed the 
 33.3   appropriate instruction permit for a minimum of six months; 
 33.4      (4) to any person whose license has been suspended during 
 33.5   the period of suspension except that a suspended license may be 
 33.6   reinstated during the period of suspension upon the licensee 
 33.7   furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the same manner 
 33.8   as provided in the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act; 
 33.9      (4) (5) to any person whose license has been revoked except 
 33.10  upon furnishing proof of financial responsibility in the same 
 33.11  manner as provided in the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile 
 33.12  Insurance Act and if otherwise qualified; 
 33.13     (5) (6) to any drug dependent person, as defined in section 
 33.14  254A.02, subdivision 5; 
 33.15     (6) (7) to any person who has been adjudged legally 
 33.16  incompetent by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, or 
 33.17  inebriation, and has not been restored to capacity, unless the 
 33.18  department is satisfied that the person is competent to operate 
 33.19  a motor vehicle with safety to persons or property; 
 33.20     (7) (8) to any person who is required by this chapter to 
 33.21  take a vision, knowledge, or road examination, unless the person 
 33.22  has successfully passed the examination.  An applicant who fails 
 33.23  four road tests must complete a minimum of six hours of 
 33.24  behind-the-wheel instruction with an approved instructor before 
 33.25  taking the road test again; 
 33.26     (8) (9) to any person who is required under the Minnesota 
 33.27  No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act to deposit proof of financial 
 33.28  responsibility and who has not deposited the proof; 
 33.29     (9) (10) to any person when the commissioner has good cause 
 33.30  to believe that the operation of a motor vehicle on the highways 
 33.31  by the person would be inimical to public safety or welfare; 
 33.32     (10) (11) to any person when, in the opinion of the 
 33.33  commissioner, the person is afflicted with or suffering from a 
 33.34  physical or mental disability or disease that will affect the 
 33.35  person in a manner as to prevent the person from exercising 
 33.36  reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle while 
 34.1   operating it upon the highways; 
 34.2      (11) (12) to a person who is unable to read and understand 
 34.3   official signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic; 
 34.4      (12) (13) to a child for whom a court has ordered denial of 
 34.5   driving privileges under section 260.191, subdivision 1, or 
 34.6   260.195, subdivision 3a, until the period of denial is 
 34.7   completed; or 
 34.8      (13) (14) to any person whose license has been canceled, 
 34.9   during the period of cancellation. 
 34.10     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.05, 
 34.11  subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
 34.12     Subd. 1a.  [MINIMUM PERIOD TO POSSESS INSTRUCTION PERMIT.] 
 34.13  An applicant who is 18 years old and who has applied for and 
 34.14  received an instruction permit under subdivision 1 and has not 
 34.15  previously been licensed to drive in Minnesota or in another 
 34.16  jurisdiction must possess the instruction permit for not less 
 34.17  than six months before qualifying for a driver's license, or for 
 34.18  not less than three months for an applicant who successfully 
 34.19  completes an approved course of behind-the-wheel 
 34.20  instruction.  An applicant with an instruction permit from 
 34.21  another jurisdiction must be credited with the amount of time 
 34.22  that permit has been held. 
 34.23     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.061, 
 34.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 34.25     Subd. 4.  [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and 
 34.26  retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application.  Except as 
 34.27  provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses 
 34.28  involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the 
 34.29  department the applications and fees required under sections 
 34.30  171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
 34.31  171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a. 
 34.32     (b) An agent with photo identification equipment provided 
 34.33  by the department before January 1, 1999, may retain the photo 
 34.34  identification equipment until the agent's appointment 
 34.35  terminates.  The department shall maintain the photo 
 34.36  identification equipment for these agents.  An agent appointed 
 35.1   before January 1, 1999, who does not have photo identification 
 35.2   equipment provided by the department, and any new agent 
 35.3   appointed after December 31, 1998, shall procure and maintain 
 35.4   photo identification equipment.  Upon the retirement, 
 35.5   resignation, death, or discontinuance of an existing agent, and 
 35.6   if a new agent is appointed in an existing office pursuant to 
 35.7   Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or 
 35.8   Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide 
 35.9   and maintain photo identification equipment without additional 
 35.10  cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office was 
 35.11  provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 
 35.12  1999.  All photo identification equipment must be compatible 
 35.13  with standards established by the department. 
 35.14     (c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county 
 35.15  board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the 
 35.16  general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an 
 35.17  employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of 
 35.18  county employment or salary and is considered an independent 
 35.19  contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota 
 35.20  state retirement system, or membership in the public employees 
 35.21  retirement association. 
 35.22     (d) Before the end of the first working day following the 
 35.23  final day of the reporting period established by the department, 
 35.24  the agent must forward to the department all applications and 
 35.25  fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in 
 35.26  paragraph (c). 
 35.27     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 173.02, 
 35.28  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 35.29     Subd. 6.  [VARIOUS SIGNS AND NOTICES DEFINED.] Directional 
 35.30  and other official signs and notices shall mean: 
 35.31     (a) "Official signs and notices" mean signs and notices 
 35.32  erected and maintained by public officers or public agencies 
 35.33  within their territorial jurisdiction and pursuant to and in 
 35.34  accordance with direction or authorization contained in federal 
 35.35  or state law for the purposes of carrying out an official duty 
 35.36  or responsibility.  Historical markers authorized by state law 
 36.1   and erected by state or local governmental agencies or nonprofit 
 36.2   historical societies, star city signs erected under section 
 36.3   173.085, and municipal identification entrance signs erected in 
 36.4   accordance with section 173.025 may be considered official signs.
 36.5      (b) "Public utility signs" mean warning signs, notices, or 
 36.6   markers which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly 
 36.7   or privately owned public utilities, as essential to their 
 36.8   operations.  
 36.9      (c) "Service club and religious notices" mean signs and 
 36.10  notices, not exceeding eight square feet in advertising area, 
 36.11  whose erection is authorized by law, relating to meetings and 
 36.12  location of nonprofit service clubs or charitable associations, 
 36.13  or religious services.  
 36.14     (d) "Directional signs" means signs containing directional 
 36.15  information about public places owned or operated by federal, 
 36.16  state, or local governments public authorities as defined in 
 36.17  Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 460.2, paragraph 
 36.18  (b), or their agencies, publicly or privately owned natural 
 36.19  phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational, and 
 36.20  religious sites, and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally 
 36.21  suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of 
 36.22  the traveling public.  To qualify for directional signs, 
 36.23  privately owned attractions must be nationally or regionally 
 36.24  known, and of outstanding interest to the traveling public.  
 36.25     (e) All definitions in this subdivision are intended to be 
 36.26  in conformity with the national standards for directional and 
 36.27  other official signs. 
 36.28     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 174.24, 
 36.29  subdivision 3b, is amended to read: 
 36.30     Subd. 3b.  [OPERATING ASSISTANCE.] The commissioner shall 
 36.31  determine the total operating cost of any public transit system 
 36.32  receiving or applying for assistance in accordance with 
 36.33  generally accepted accounting principles.  To be eligible for 
 36.34  financial assistance, an applicant or recipient shall provide to 
 36.35  the commissioner all financial records and other information and 
 36.36  shall permit any inspection reasonably necessary to determine 
 37.1   total operating cost and correspondingly the amount of 
 37.2   assistance which may be paid to the applicant or recipient.  
 37.3   Where more than one county or municipality contributes 
 37.4   assistance to the operation of a public transit system, the 
 37.5   commissioner shall identify one as lead agency for the purpose 
 37.6   of receiving moneys under this section.  
 37.7      Prior to distributing operating assistance to eligible 
 37.8   recipients for any contract period, the commissioner shall place 
 37.9   all recipients into one of the following classifications:  large 
 37.10  urbanized area service, urbanized area service, small urban area 
 37.11  service, rural area service, and elderly and handicapped 
 37.12  service.  The commissioner shall distribute funds under this 
 37.13  section so that the percentage of total operating cost paid by 
 37.14  any recipient from local sources will not exceed the percentage 
 37.15  for that recipient's classification, except as provided in an 
 37.16  undue hardship case.  The percentages shall be:  for large 
 37.17  urbanized area service, 55 50 percent; for urbanized area 
 37.18  service and small urban area service, 40 percent; for rural area 
 37.19  service, 35 percent; and for elderly and handicapped service, 35 
 37.20  percent.  The remainder of the total operating cost will be paid 
 37.21  from state funds less any assistance received by the recipient 
 37.22  from any federal source.  For purposes of this subdivision 
 37.23  "local sources" means all local sources of funds and includes 
 37.24  all operating revenue, tax levies, and contributions from public 
 37.25  funds, except that the commissioner may exclude from the total 
 37.26  assistance contract revenues derived from operations the cost of 
 37.27  which is excluded from the computation of total operating cost.  
 37.28     If a recipient informs the commissioner in writing after 
 37.29  the establishment of these percentages but prior to the 
 37.30  distribution of financial assistance for any year that paying 
 37.31  its designated percentage of total operating cost from local 
 37.32  sources will cause undue hardship, the commissioner may reduce 
 37.33  the percentage to be paid from local sources by the recipient 
 37.34  and increase the percentage to be paid from local sources by one 
 37.35  or more other recipients inside or outside the classification, 
 37.36  provided that no recipient shall have its percentage thus 
 38.1   reduced or increased for more than two years successively.  If 
 38.2   for any year the funds appropriated to the commissioner to carry 
 38.3   out the purposes of this section are insufficient to allow the 
 38.4   commissioner to pay the state share of total operating cost as 
 38.5   provided in this paragraph, the commissioner shall reduce the 
 38.6   state share in each classification to the extent necessary. 
 38.7      Sec. 26.  [174.55] [MOBILITY FUND.] 
 38.8      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] The mobility fund is created in 
 38.9   the state treasury.  Money in the mobility fund consists of 
 38.10  proceeds dedicated to it under section 297B.09 and 
 38.11  appropriations and transfers made by the legislature to the 
 38.12  mobility fund. 
 38.13     Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE; APPROPRIATION.] The mobility fund is a 
 38.14  funding source for capital costs relating to public transit.  
 38.15  Money in the fund may be used for light rail, commuter rail, or 
 38.16  bus projects. 
 38.17     Sec. 27.  [174.80] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 38.18     Subdivision 1.  [TERMS.] For the purposes of sections 
 38.19  174.80 to 174.90, the terms defined in this section have the 
 38.20  meanings given them. 
 38.21     Subd. 2.  [ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN.] "Advanced corridor plan"
 38.22  means a commuter rail plan that: 
 38.23     (1) contains a physical design component that identifies 
 38.24  the physical design of facilities, including: 
 38.25     (i) location, length, and termini of routes; 
 38.26     (ii) maintenance facility locations; 
 38.27     (iii) safety improvements; 
 38.28     (iv) station locations and design; and 
 38.29     (v) related park and ride, parking, and other 
 38.30  transportation facilities; 
 38.31     (2) specifies track and signal improvements; 
 38.32     (3) addresses handicapped access; 
 38.33     (4) specifies intermodal coordination and connections with 
 38.34  bus and light rail transit operation and routes; 
 38.35     (5) projects ridership, capital costs, operating costs, and 
 38.36  revenues; 
 39.1      (6) identifies sources of funds for operating subsidies and 
 39.2   funding for final design, construction, and operation; 
 39.3      (7) describes an implementation method; 
 39.4      (8) describes a plan for public involvement and public 
 39.5   information; 
 39.6      (9) defines anticipated agreements with the railroads; and 
 39.7      (10) addresses land use impacts. 
 39.8   The preliminary design plan may include the draft environmental 
 39.9   impact statement for the proposed commuter rail facilities. 
 39.10     Subd. 3.  [PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PLAN.] "Preliminary 
 39.11  engineering plan" means a commuter rail plan that includes those 
 39.12  items in the advanced corridor plan that relate to facilities 
 39.13  proposed for construction, but with additional detail and 
 39.14  specificity in satisfaction of applicable environmental 
 39.15  requirements. 
 39.16     Subd. 4.  [FINAL DESIGN PLAN.] "Final design plan" means a 
 39.17  commuter rail plan that includes the items in the advanced 
 39.18  corridor plan and the preliminary engineering plan, but with 
 39.19  additional detail and specificity as needed for construction and 
 39.20  operation. 
 39.21     Sec. 28.  [174.82] [COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.] 
 39.22     The commissioner shall be responsible for all aspects of 
 39.23  planning, developing, constructing, operating, and maintaining 
 39.24  commuter rail, including system planning, advanced corridor 
 39.25  planning, preliminary engineering, final design, construction, 
 39.26  negotiating with railroads, and developing financial and 
 39.27  operating plans.  The commissioner may enter into a memorandum 
 39.28  of understanding or agreement with a public or private entity, 
 39.29  including a regional railroad authority, a joint powers board, 
 39.30  and a railroad, to carry out these activities. 
 39.31     Sec. 29.  [174.84] [COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM PLANNING.] 
 39.32     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS.] By January 15, 
 39.33  2000, the commissioner shall adopt a commuter rail system plan 
 39.34  to ensure that commuter rail facilities in this state will be 
 39.35  acquired, developed, constructed, owned, and operated in an 
 39.36  efficient, cost-effective manner, and in coordination with buses 
 40.1   and other transportation modes and facilities.  The commissioner 
 40.2   shall consult with affected regional railroad authorities and 
 40.3   may incorporate into its plan elements of the plans of regional 
 40.4   railroad authorities in order to avoid duplication of efforts.  
 40.5   The commissioner may periodically update the system plan. 
 40.6      Subd. 2.  [APPROVAL OF COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM PLAN.] The 
 40.7   commuter rail system plan must be approved by metropolitan 
 40.8   planning organizations in areas in which commuter rail will be 
 40.9   located before the commissioner may begin final design of 
 40.10  commuter rail facilities.  Following approval of the plan, the 
 40.11  commissioner shall act in conformity with the plan.  The 
 40.12  commissioner shall ensure that final design plans are consistent 
 40.13  with the commuter rail plan. 
 40.14     Subd. 3.  [ENGINEERING STANDARDS.] The plan must include 
 40.15  engineering standards that provide for integrated operation of 
 40.16  all commuter rail equipment, facilities, and services, including 
 40.17  security, station design parameters, fare box systems, and 
 40.18  safety. 
 40.19     Subd. 4.  [INTEGRATION OF SYSTEM.] The commissioner and 
 40.20  metropolitan planning organizations shall ensure that commuter 
 40.21  rail facilities are planned, designed, and implemented to move 
 40.22  transit users to, from, and within the metropolitan area, and to 
 40.23  provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal 
 40.24  transportation system with rail transit lines that interface 
 40.25  with each other and with other transportation facilities. 
 40.26     Sec. 30.  [174.86] [COMMUTER RAIL PLAN; REVIEW.] 
 40.27     Subdivision 1.  [ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN; PUBLIC 
 40.28  HEARING.] Before a final design plan is prepared for commuter 
 40.29  rail facilities, the commissioner must hold a public hearing on 
 40.30  the physical design component of the advanced corridor plan.  
 40.31  The commissioner must provide appropriate public notice of the 
 40.32  hearing and publicity to ensure that affected parties have an 
 40.33  opportunity to present their views at the hearing.  The 
 40.34  commissioner shall summarize the proceedings and testimony and 
 40.35  maintain the record of a hearing held under this subdivision, 
 40.36  including any written statements submitted. 
 41.1      Subd. 2.  [PHYSICAL DESIGN COMPONENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION.] 
 41.2   At least 30 days before the hearing under subdivision 1, the 
 41.3   commissioner shall submit the physical design component of the 
 41.4   advanced corridor plan to the governing body of each statutory 
 41.5   and home rule charter city, county, and town in which the route 
 41.6   is to be located.  Within 45 days after the hearing under 
 41.7   subdivision 1, the city, county, or town shall review and 
 41.8   comment on the plan.  Within 45 days of the hearing, a city or 
 41.9   town shall approve or disapprove the location and design of the 
 41.10  station to be located in the city or town.  A city or town that 
 41.11  disapproves shall describe specific amendments to the plan that, 
 41.12  if adopted, would cause the city or town to withdraw its 
 41.13  disapproval.  Failure to comment in writing within 45 days after 
 41.14  the hearing is deemed to be accepted unless an extension of time 
 41.15  is agreed to by the metropolitan planning organization and the 
 41.16  commissioner of transportation. 
 41.17     Subd. 3.  [MODIFICATION OF ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN.] After 
 41.18  the hearing under subdivision 1, and after the receipt of 
 41.19  comment under subdivision 2, the commissioner may modify the 
 41.20  advanced corridor plan. 
 41.21     Subd. 4.  [ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN; METROPOLITAN PLANNING 
 41.22  ORGANIZATION REVIEW.] Before constructing commuter rail 
 41.23  facilities, the commissioner shall submit the advanced corridor 
 41.24  plan to each metropolitan planning organization in which the 
 41.25  route is to be located.  The metropolitan planning organization 
 41.26  shall hold a hearing on the plan allowing the commissioner, 
 41.27  local governmental units, and other persons to present their 
 41.28  views as to whether the plan is consistent with the metropolitan 
 41.29  planning organization's development guide.  Within 60 days after 
 41.30  the hearing, the metropolitan planning organization shall review 
 41.31  the plan submitted by the commissioner to determine whether it 
 41.32  is consistent with the development guide.  If the plan is 
 41.33  consistent with the development guide, the metropolitan planning 
 41.34  organization shall approve it.  If the plan is not consistent 
 41.35  with the development guide, the metropolitan planning 
 41.36  organization shall submit to the commissioner proposed 
 42.1   amendments to the plan to make it consistent with the 
 42.2   development guide.  The commissioner shall incorporate the 
 42.3   proposed amendments into the final design plan. 
 42.4      Subd. 5.  [COMMUTER RAIL CORRIDOR COORDINATING 
 42.5   COMMITTEE.] (a) A commuter rail corridor coordinating committee 
 42.6   shall be established to advise the commissioner on issues 
 42.7   relating to the alternatives analysis, environmental review, 
 42.8   advanced corridor planning, preliminary engineering, final 
 42.9   design, implementation method, construction of commuter rail, 
 42.10  public involvement, land use, service, and safety.  The commuter 
 42.11  rail corridor coordinating committee shall consist of: 
 42.12     (1) one member representing each significant funding 
 42.13  partner in whose jurisdiction the line or lines are located; 
 42.14     (2) one member appointed by each county in which the 
 42.15  corridors are located; 
 42.16     (3) one member appointed by each city in which advanced 
 42.17  corridor plans indicate that a station may be located; 
 42.18     (4) two members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom 
 42.19  shall be designated by the commissioner as the chair of the 
 42.20  committee; 
 42.21     (5) one member appointed by each metropolitan planning 
 42.22  organization through which the commuter rail line may pass; and 
 42.23     (6) one member appointed by the president of the University 
 42.24  of Minnesota, if a designated corridor provides direct service 
 42.25  to the university. 
 42.26     (b) A joint powers board existing on April 1, 1999, 
 42.27  consisting of local governments along a commuter rail corridor, 
 42.28  shall perform the functions set forth in paragraph (a) in place 
 42.29  of the committee. 
 42.30     Sec. 31.  [174.88] [COMMUTER RAIL FUNDING.] 
 42.31     The commissioner, in cooperation with appropriate 
 42.32  metropolitan planning organizations, may apply for funding from 
 42.33  federal, state, regional, local, and private sources for 
 42.34  commuter rail facility construction, operation, implementation, 
 42.35  maintenance, and improvement. 
 42.36     Sec. 32.  [174.90] [COMMUTER RAIL OPERATION.] 
 43.1      The commissioner may contract for operation of commuter 
 43.2   rail facilities with the metropolitan council or other public or 
 43.3   private entities and shall commence revenue service after an 
 43.4   appropriate period of start-up to ensure satisfactory 
 43.5   performance.  The commissioner shall coordinate with transit 
 43.6   providers to ensure integration of the commuter rail system with 
 43.7   bus and light rail transit service to avoid duplication of 
 43.8   service and to ensure the greatest access to commuter rail lines 
 43.9   in suburban and urban areas. 
 43.10     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 174A.02, 
 43.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 43.12     Subd. 4.  [HEARINGS; NOTICE.] With respect to those matters 
 43.13  within its jurisdiction the board shall receive, hear and 
 43.14  determine all petitions filed with it in accordance with the 
 43.15  procedures established by law and may hold hearings and make 
 43.16  determinations upon its own motion to the same extent, and in 
 43.17  every instance, in which it may do so upon petition.  Upon 
 43.18  receiving petitions filed pursuant to sections 221.061, 221.081, 
 43.19  221.121, subdivision 1, 221.151, 221.296, and 221.55, the board 
 43.20  shall give notice of the filing of the petition to 
 43.21  representatives of associations or other interested groups or 
 43.22  persons who have registered their names with the board for that 
 43.23  purpose and to whomever the board deems to be interested in the 
 43.24  petition.  The board may grant or deny the request of the 
 43.25  petition 30 days after notice of the filing has been fully 
 43.26  given.  If the board receives a written objection and notice of 
 43.27  intent to appear at a hearing to object to the petition from any 
 43.28  person within 20 days of the notice having been fully given, the 
 43.29  request of the petition shall be granted or denied only after a 
 43.30  contested case hearing has been conducted on the petition, 
 43.31  unless the objection is withdrawn prior to the hearing.  The 
 43.32  board may elect to hold a contested case hearing if no 
 43.33  objections to the petition are received.  If a timely objection 
 43.34  is not received, or if received and withdrawn, and the request 
 43.35  of the petition is denied without hearing, the petitioner may 
 43.36  request within 30 days of receiving the notice of denial, and 
 44.1   shall be granted, a contested case hearing on the petition. 
 44.2      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 174A.06, is 
 44.3   amended to read: 
 44.4      174A.06 [CONTINUATION OF RULES.] 
 44.5      Orders and directives in force, issued, or promulgated 
 44.6   under authority of chapters 174A, 216A, 218, 219, 221, and 222 
 44.7   remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, 
 44.8   modified, or superseded by duly authorized orders or directives 
 44.9   of the commissioner of transportation.  To the extent allowed 
 44.10  under federal law or regulation, rules adopted under authority 
 44.11  of the following sections are transferred to the commissioner of 
 44.12  transportation and continue in force and effect until repealed, 
 44.13  modified, or superseded by duly authorized rules of the 
 44.14  commissioner:  
 44.15     (1) section 218.041 except rules related to the form and 
 44.16  manner of filing railroad rates, railroad accounting rules, and 
 44.17  safety rules; 
 44.18     (2) section 219.40; 
 44.19     (3) rules relating to rates or tariffs, or the granting, 
 44.20  limiting, or modifying of permits or certificates of convenience 
 44.21  and necessity under section 221.031, subdivision 1; 
 44.22     (4) rules relating to the sale, assignment, pledge, or 
 44.23  other transfer of a stock interest in a corporation holding 
 44.24  authority to operate as a permit carrier as prescribed in 
 44.25  section 221.151, subdivision 1, or a local cartage carrier under 
 44.26  section 221.296, subdivision 8; 
 44.27     (5) rules relating to rates, charges, and practices under 
 44.28  section 221.161, subdivision 4; and 
 44.29     (6) rules relating to rates, tariffs, or the granting, 
 44.30  limiting, or modifying of permits under sections 221.121, 
 44.31  221.151, and 221.296 or certificates of convenience and 
 44.32  necessity under section 221.071.  
 44.33     The commissioner shall review the transferred rules, 
 44.34  orders, and directives and, when appropriate, develop and adopt 
 44.35  new rules, orders, or directives. 
 44.36     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.011, 
 45.1   subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
 45.2      Subd. 15.  [MOTOR CARRIER.] "Motor carrier" means a carrier 
 45.3   operating for hire under the authority of this chapter and 
 45.4   subject to the rules and orders of the commissioner or the board 
 45.5   person engaged in the for-hire transportation of property or 
 45.6   passengers.  "Motor carrier" does not include a person providing 
 45.7   transportation described in section 221.025, a building mover 
 45.8   subject to section 221.81, or a person providing limousine 
 45.9   service as defined in section 221.84. 
 45.10     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.011, 
 45.11  subdivision 37, is amended to read: 
 45.12     Subd. 37.  [CERTIFICATED CARRIER.] "Certificated carrier" 
 45.13  means a motor carrier holding a certificate issued under section 
 45.14  221.071 of registration. 
 45.15     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.011, 
 45.16  subdivision 38, is amended to read: 
 45.17     Subd. 38.  [CLASS I CARRIER.] "Class I carrier" means a 
 45.18  person who has been issued a certificate under section 221.071 
 45.19  to operate as a class I carrier of registration. 
 45.20     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.011, is 
 45.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 45.22     Subd. 48.  [MOTOR CARRIER OF PASSENGERS.] "Motor carrier of 
 45.23  passengers" means a person engaged in the for-hire 
 45.24  transportation of passengers in vehicles designed to transport 
 45.25  eight or more persons, including the driver. 
 45.26     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.011, is 
 45.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 45.28     Subd. 49.  [SMALL VEHICLE PASSENGER SERVICE.] "Small 
 45.29  vehicle passenger service" means a service provided by a person 
 45.30  engaged in the for-hire transportation of passengers in a 
 45.31  vehicle designed to transport seven or fewer persons, including 
 45.32  the driver. 
 45.33     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.021, is 
 45.34  amended to read: 
 45.35     221.021 [OPERATION REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT 
 45.36  REQUIRED.] 
 46.1      Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENT.] No person may operate as a 
 46.2   motor carrier or advertise or otherwise hold out as a motor 
 46.3   carrier without a certificate of registration or permit in 
 46.4   effect.  A certificate or permit may be suspended or revoked 
 46.5   upon conviction of violating a provision of sections 221.011 to 
 46.6   221.296 or an order or rule of the commissioner or board 
 46.7   governing the operation of motor carriers, and upon a finding by 
 46.8   the court that the violation was willful.  The board 
 46.9   commissioner may, for good cause after a hearing, suspend or 
 46.10  revoke a certificate or permit for a violation of a provision of 
 46.11  sections 221.011 to 221.296 or an order issued or rule adopted 
 46.12  by the commissioner or board under this chapter.  
 46.13     Subd. 2.  [SANCTIONS.] The commissioner may suspend, 
 46.14  revoke, or deny renewal of a certificate of registration for (1) 
 46.15  serious or repeated violations of this chapter, or (2) a pattern 
 46.16  of repeated violations of local ordinances governing traffic and 
 46.17  parking.  
 46.18     Subd. 3.  [HEARING.] A motor carrier affected by an action 
 46.19  of the commissioner under subdivision 2 may, within 20 days of 
 46.20  receipt of a notice of the commissioner's action, request an 
 46.21  administrative hearing by following the procedures in section 
 46.22  221.036, subdivision 7. 
 46.23     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.022, is 
 46.24  amended to read: 
 46.25     221.022 [EXCEPTION.] 
 46.26     The powers granted to the board commissioner under sections 
 46.27  221.011 to 221.296 do not include the power to regulate any 
 46.28  service or vehicles operated by the metropolitan council or 
 46.29  to regulate register passenger transportation service provided 
 46.30  under contract to the department or the metropolitan council.  A 
 46.31  provider of passenger transportation service under contract to 
 46.32  the department or the metropolitan council may not also provide 
 46.33  charter service as a motor carrier of passengers without first 
 46.34  having obtained a permit to operate as a charter 
 46.35  carrier registered under section 221.0252. 
 46.36     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.025, is 
 47.1   amended to read: 
 47.2      221.025 [EXEMPTIONS.] 
 47.3      The provisions of this chapter requiring a certificate or 
 47.4   permit to operate as a motor carrier do not apply to the 
 47.5   intrastate transportation described below:  
 47.6      (a) the transportation of students to or from school or 
 47.7   school activities in a school bus inspected and certified under 
 47.8   section 169.451 and the transportation of children or parents to 
 47.9   or from a Head Start facility or Head Start activity in a Head 
 47.10  Start bus inspected and certified under section 169.451; 
 47.11     (b) the transportation of solid waste, as defined in 
 47.12  section 116.06, subdivision 22, including recyclable materials 
 47.13  and waste tires, except that the term "hazardous waste" has the 
 47.14  meaning given it in section 221.011, subdivision 31; 
 47.15     (c) a commuter van as defined in section 221.011, 
 47.16  subdivision 27; 
 47.17     (d) authorized emergency vehicles as defined in section 
 47.18  169.01, subdivision 5, including ambulances; and tow trucks 
 47.19  equipped with proper and legal warning devices when picking up 
 47.20  and transporting (1) disabled or wrecked motor vehicles or (2) 
 47.21  vehicles towed or transported under a towing order issued by a 
 47.22  public employee authorized to issue a towing order; 
 47.23     (e) the transportation of grain samples under conditions 
 47.24  prescribed by the board; 
 47.25     (f) the delivery of agricultural lime; 
 47.26     (g) the transportation of dirt and sod within an area 
 47.27  having a 50-mile radius from the home post office of the person 
 47.28  performing the transportation; 
 47.29     (h) the transportation of sand, gravel, bituminous asphalt 
 47.30  mix, concrete ready mix, concrete blocks or tile and the mortar 
 47.31  mix to be used with the concrete blocks or tile, or crushed rock 
 47.32  to or from the point of loading or a place of gathering within 
 47.33  an area having a 50-mile radius from that person's home post 
 47.34  office or a 50-mile radius from the site of construction or 
 47.35  maintenance of public roads and streets; 
 47.36     (i) the transportation of pulpwood, cordwood, mining 
 48.1   timber, poles, posts, decorator evergreens, wood chips, sawdust, 
 48.2   shavings, and bark from the place where the products are 
 48.3   produced to the point where they are to be used or shipped; 
 48.4      (j) the transportation of fresh vegetables from farms to 
 48.5   canneries or viner stations, from viner stations to canneries, 
 48.6   or from canneries to canneries during the harvesting, canning, 
 48.7   or packing season, or transporting sugar beets, wild rice, or 
 48.8   rutabagas from the field of production to the first place of 
 48.9   delivery or unloading, including a processing plant, warehouse, 
 48.10  or railroad siding; 
 48.11     (k) the transportation of property or freight, other than 
 48.12  household goods and petroleum products in bulk, entirely within 
 48.13  the corporate limits of a city or between contiguous cities 
 48.14  except as provided in section 221.296; 
 48.15     (l) the transportation of unprocessed dairy products in 
 48.16  bulk within an area having a 100-mile radius from the home post 
 48.17  office of the person providing the transportation; 
 48.18     (m) the transportation of agricultural, horticultural, 
 48.19  dairy, livestock, or other farm products within an area having a 
 48.20  100-mile radius from the person's home post office and the 
 48.21  carrier may transport other commodities within the 100-mile 
 48.22  radius if the destination of each haul is a farm; 
 48.23     (n) passenger transportation service that is not charter 
 48.24  service and that is under contract to and with operating 
 48.25  assistance from the department or the metropolitan council; 
 48.26     (o) the transportation of newspapers, as defined in section 
 48.27  331A.01, subdivision 5, telephone books, handbills, circulars, 
 48.28  or pamphlets in a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 
 48.29  pounds or less; and 
 48.30     (p) (o) transportation of potatoes from the field of 
 48.31  production, or a storage site owned or otherwise controlled by 
 48.32  the producer, to the first place of processing. 
 48.33     The exemptions provided in this section apply to a person 
 48.34  only while the person is exclusively engaged in exempt 
 48.35  transportation. 
 48.36     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.0251, is 
 49.1   amended to read: 
 49.2      221.0251 [MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; REGISTRATION.] 
 49.3      Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRATION STATEMENT.] A person who 
 49.4   wishes to operate as a motor carrier of property shall file a 
 49.5   complete and accurate registration statement with the 
 49.6   commissioner.  A registration statement must be on a form 
 49.7   provided by the commissioner and include: 
 49.8      (1) the registrant's name, including an assumed or 
 49.9   fictitious name used by the registrant in doing business; 
 49.10     (2) the registrant's mailing address and business telephone 
 49.11  number; 
 49.12     (3) the registrant's federal Employer Identification Number 
 49.13  and Minnesota Business Identification Number and the 
 49.14  identification numbers, if any, assigned to the registrant by 
 49.15  the United States Department of Transportation, Interstate 
 49.16  Commerce Commission, or Environmental Protection Agency; 
 49.17     (4) the name, title, and telephone number of the individual 
 49.18  who is principally responsible for the operation of the 
 49.19  registrant's transportation business; 
 49.20     (5) the principal location from which the registrant 
 49.21  conducts its transportation business and where the records 
 49.22  required by this chapter will be kept; 
 49.23     (6) if different from clause (5), the location in Minnesota 
 49.24  where the records required by this chapter will be available for 
 49.25  inspection and copying by the commissioner; 
 49.26     (7) whether the registrant transports hazardous materials 
 49.27  or hazardous waste; 
 49.28     (8) whether the registrant's business is a corporation, 
 49.29  partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability 
 49.30  company, or sole proprietorship; and 
 49.31     (9) if the registrant is a foreign corporation authorized 
 49.32  to transact business in Minnesota, the state of incorporation 
 49.33  and the name and address of its registered agent. 
 49.34     Subd. 2.  [SIGNATURE REQUIRED.] A registration statement 
 49.35  may be signed only by a corporate officer, general partner, 
 49.36  limited liability company board member, or sole proprietor.  A 
 50.1   signature must be notarized. 
 50.2      Subd. 3.  [CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE; 
 50.3   LOCATION.] (a) The commissioner shall issue a certificate of 
 50.4   registration to a registrant who has filed a registration 
 50.5   statement that complies with subdivisions 1 and 2 and paid the 
 50.6   required fee, has a satisfactory safety rating and, if 
 50.7   applicable, has complied with the financial responsibility 
 50.8   requirements in section 221.141.  The commissioner may not issue 
 50.9   a certificate of registration to a registrant who has an 
 50.10  unsatisfactory safety rating. 
 50.11     (b) A certificate of registration must be numbered and bear 
 50.12  an effective date. 
 50.13     (c) A certificate of registration must be kept at the 
 50.14  registrant's principal place of business. 
 50.15     Subd. 4.  [DURATION.] A certificate of registration is not 
 50.16  assignable or transferable and is valid until it is suspended, 
 50.17  revoked, or canceled. 
 50.18     Subd. 5.  [OBLIGATION TO KEEP INFORMATION CURRENT.] A 
 50.19  registrant shall notify the commissioner in writing of any 
 50.20  change in the information described in subdivision 1. 
 50.21     Sec. 44.  [221.0252] [PASSENGER CARRIERS; REGISTRATION; 
 50.22  EXEMPTIONS.] 
 50.23     Subdivision 1.  [FILING REQUIRED.] A person who wishes to 
 50.24  operate as a motor carrier of passengers must file with the 
 50.25  commissioner a complete and accurate federal motor carrier 
 50.26  identification report form MCS-150.  In addition, a person must 
 50.27  file a vehicle registration form prescribed by the commissioner 
 50.28  describing the make, model, number of passengers the vehicle is 
 50.29  designed to transport as determined by the vehicle's 
 50.30  manufacturer, and license plate and vehicle identification 
 50.31  number of each vehicle that the registrant will be using in 
 50.32  those operations for which registration is required. 
 50.33     Subd. 2.  [SIGNATURE REQUIRED.] A form required under this 
 50.34  section may be signed only by a corporate officer, general 
 50.35  partner, limited liability company board member, or sole 
 50.36  proprietor.  
 51.1      Subd. 3.  [AUDIT; INSPECTION.] Within 90 days of issuing a 
 51.2   new certificate of registration to a carrier under this section, 
 51.3   and before issuing an annual renewal of a certificate of 
 51.4   registration, the commissioner shall: 
 51.5      (1) conduct an audit of the carrier's records; 
 51.6      (2) inspect the vehicles the carrier uses in its motor 
 51.7   carrier operation to determine if they comply with the federal 
 51.8   regulations incorporated in section 221.0314 or accept for 
 51.9   filing proof that a complete vehicle inspection was conducted 
 51.10  within the previous 30 days by a commercial vehicle inspector of 
 51.11  the department of public safety; 
 51.12     (3) verify that the carrier has a designated office in 
 51.13  Minnesota where the books and files necessary to conduct 
 51.14  business and the records required by this chapter are kept and 
 51.15  shall be available for inspection by the commissioner; 
 51.16     (4) audit the carrier's drivers' criminal background and 
 51.17  safety records; and 
 51.18     (5) verify compliance with the insurance requirements of 
 51.19  section 221.141. 
 51.20     Subd. 4.  [CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; REQUIREMENTS; 
 51.21  ISSUANCE; DURATION.] (a) The commissioner shall issue a 
 51.22  certificate of registration to a carrier who (1) does not have 
 51.23  an unsatisfactory safety rating, (2) has complied with 
 51.24  subdivisions 1 and 2, (3) has paid the required fee, (4) in the 
 51.25  case of an annual renewal, has been audited and inspected under 
 51.26  subdivision 3, and (5) has complied with the financial 
 51.27  responsibility requirements in section 221.141.  
 51.28     (b) A photocopy of the carrier's certificate of 
 51.29  registration must be carried in each vehicle operated under the 
 51.30  registration and must be made available to the department and 
 51.31  other law enforcement officials upon request. 
 51.32     (c) Registration under this section is not assignable or 
 51.33  transferable and is valid until it expires or is suspended, 
 51.34  revoked, or canceled, whichever occurs first.  A registration is 
 51.35  valid for one year from the date issued. 
 51.36     Subd. 5.  [SUSPENSION FOR UNSATISFACTORY SAFETY 
 52.1   RATING.] Following the procedures in section 221.185, the 
 52.2   commissioner shall immediately suspend the registration of a 
 52.3   carrier who receives an unsatisfactory safety rating.  The 
 52.4   commissioner shall conduct one follow-up compliance audit to 
 52.5   determine if the carrier's safety rating should be changed or 
 52.6   the suspension rescinded within 30 days of receiving a written 
 52.7   request from the carrier.  Additional compliance reviews may be 
 52.8   conducted at the commissioner's discretion. 
 52.9      Subd. 6.  [ANNUAL RENEWAL.] A carrier registered under this 
 52.10  section must renew its registration each year on a form 
 52.11  prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall develop 
 52.12  and implement an expedited renewal process to minimize the 
 52.13  burden on motor carriers. 
 52.14     Subd. 7.  [FEES.] The fee for initial registration and each 
 52.15  subsequent renewal under this section is $1,000.  All fees under 
 52.16  this subdivision must be deposited in the state treasury and 
 52.17  credited to the trunk highway fund. 
 52.18     Subd. 8.  [EXEMPTIONS FROM REGULATION.] Notwithstanding any 
 52.19  other law, motor carriers of passengers are exempt from sections 
 52.20  221.121; 221.122; 221.123; 221.132; 221.151; 221.161; and 
 52.21  221.171. 
 52.22     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.026, 
 52.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 52.24     Subd. 2.  [EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENTS.] Notwithstanding 
 52.25  any other law, a motor carrier of property is exempt from 
 52.26  sections 221.021; 221.041; 221.061; 221.071; 221.072; 221.081; 
 52.27  221.121; 221.122; 221.123; 221.131; 221.132; 221.151; 221.161; 
 52.28  221.172, subdivisions 3 to 8; 221.185, except as provided in 
 52.29  subdivision 4; and 221.296.  The exemptions in this subdivision 
 52.30  do not apply to a motor carrier of property while transporting 
 52.31  household goods. 
 52.32     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.031, 
 52.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 52.34     Subdivision 1.  [POWERS, DUTIES, REPORTS, LIMITATIONS.] (a) 
 52.35  This subdivision applies to motor carriers engaged in intrastate 
 52.36  commerce. 
 53.1      (b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the 
 53.2   operation of motor carriers, including their facilities; 
 53.3   accounts; leasing of vehicles and drivers; service; safe 
 53.4   operation of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; hours 
 53.5   of service of drivers; driver qualifications; accident 
 53.6   reporting; identification of vehicles; installation of safety 
 53.7   devices; inspection, repair, and maintenance; and proper 
 53.8   automatic speed regulators if, in the opinion of the 
 53.9   commissioner, there is a need for the rules.  
 53.10     (c) The commissioner shall direct the repair and 
 53.11  reconstruction or replacement of an inadequate or unsafe motor 
 53.12  carrier vehicle or facility.  The commissioner may require the 
 53.13  construction and maintenance or furnishing of suitable and 
 53.14  proper freight terminals, passenger depots, waiting rooms, and 
 53.15  accommodations or shelters in a city in this state or at a point 
 53.16  on the highway traversed which the commissioner, after 
 53.17  investigation by the department, may deem just and proper for 
 53.18  the protection of passengers or property.  
 53.19     (d) The commissioner shall require holders of household 
 53.20  goods mover permits, charter carrier permits, and regular route 
 53.21  passenger carrier certificates to file annual and other reports 
 53.22  including annual accounts of motor carriers, schedules of rates 
 53.23  and charges, or other data by motor carriers, regulate motor 
 53.24  carriers in matters affecting the relationship between them and 
 53.25  the traveling and shipping public, and prescribe other rules as 
 53.26  may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  
 53.27     (e) A motor carrier subject to paragraph (d) but having 
 53.28  gross revenues from for-hire transportation in a calendar year 
 53.29  of less than $200,000 may, at the discretion of the 
 53.30  commissioner, be exempted from the filing of an annual report, 
 53.31  if instead the motor carrier files an abbreviated annual report, 
 53.32  in a form as may be prescribed by the commissioner, attesting 
 53.33  that the motor carrier's gross revenues did not exceed $200,000 
 53.34  in the previous calendar year.  Motor carrier gross revenues 
 53.35  from for-hire transportation, for the purposes of this 
 53.36  subdivision only, do not include gross revenues received from 
 54.1   the operation of school buses as defined in section 169.01, 
 54.2   subdivision 6. 
 54.3      (f) The commissioner shall enforce sections 169.781 to 
 54.4   169.783. 
 54.5      (g) The commissioner shall make no rules relating to the 
 54.6   granting, limiting, or modifying of permits or certificates of 
 54.7   convenience and necessity, which are powers granted to the board.
 54.8      (h) The board may extend the termini of a route or alter or 
 54.9   change the route of a regular route common carrier upon petition 
 54.10  and after finding that public convenience and necessity require 
 54.11  an extension, alteration, or change. 
 54.12     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.031, 
 54.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 54.14     Subd. 2.  [EXEMPTIONS FOR PRIVATE CARRIERS.] This 
 54.15  subdivision applies to private carriers engaged in intrastate 
 54.16  commerce. 
 54.17     (a) Private carriers operating vehicles with a gross 
 54.18  vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds shall comply 
 54.19  with rules adopted under those federal regulations incorporated 
 54.20  by reference in: 
 54.21     (1) section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, for driver 
 54.22  qualifications; 
 54.23     (2) section 221.0314, subdivision 9, for hours of service 
 54.24  of drivers; 
 54.25     (3) section 221.0314, subdivision 6, for driving of motor 
 54.26  vehicles; 
 54.27     (4) section 221.0314, subdivision 7, for parts and 
 54.28  accessories necessary for safe operation; and 
 54.29     (5) section 221.0314, subdivision 10, for inspection, 
 54.30  repair, and maintenance; and. 
 54.31     (6) this section for leasing of vehicles or vehicles and 
 54.32  drivers. 
 54.33     Private carriers not subject to the rules for driver 
 54.34  qualifications before August 1, 1992, must comply with those 
 54.35  rules on and after August 1, 1994. 
 54.36     (b) The rules for hours of service of drivers do not apply 
 55.1   to private carriers who are (1) public utilities as defined in 
 55.2   section 216B.02, subdivision 4; (2) cooperative electric 
 55.3   associations organized under chapter 308A; (3) telephone 
 55.4   companies as defined in section 237.01, subdivision 2; or (4) 
 55.5   engaged in the transportation of construction materials, tools 
 55.6   and equipment from shop to job site or job site to job site, for 
 55.7   use by the private carrier in the new construction, remodeling, 
 55.8   or repair of buildings, structures or their appurtenances. 
 55.9      (c) The rules for driver qualifications and hours of 
 55.10  service of drivers do not apply to vehicles controlled by a 
 55.11  farmer and operated by a farmer or farm employee to transport 
 55.12  agricultural products, farm machinery, or supplies to or from a 
 55.13  farm if the vehicle is not used in the operations of a motor 
 55.14  carrier and not carrying hazardous materials of a type or 
 55.15  quantity that requires the vehicle to be marked or placarded in 
 55.16  accordance with section 221.033.  
 55.17     (d) The rules for driver qualifications do not apply to a 
 55.18  driver employed by a private carrier while operating a 
 55.19  lightweight vehicle. 
 55.20     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.031, 
 55.21  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 55.22     Subd. 6.  [VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION RULE.] (a) The following 
 55.23  carriers shall display the carrier's name and address on the 
 55.24  power unit of each vehicle:  
 55.25     (1) motor carriers, regardless of the weight of the 
 55.26  vehicle, except that this requirement does not apply to a 
 55.27  limousine as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35, that is 
 55.28  equipped with "LM" license plates; 
 55.29     (2) interstate and intrastate private carriers operating 
 55.30  vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds; 
 55.31  and 
 55.32     (3) vehicles providing transportation described in section 
 55.33  221.025 with a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds 
 55.34  except those providing transportation described in section 
 55.35  221.025, clauses (a), (c), and (d).  
 55.36     Vehicles described in clauses (2) and (3) that are operated 
 56.1   by farmers or farm employees and have four or fewer axles are 
 56.2   not required to comply with the vehicle identification rule of 
 56.3   the commissioner. 
 56.4      (b) Vehicles subject to this subdivision must show the name 
 56.5   or "doing business as" name of the carrier operating the vehicle 
 56.6   and the community and abbreviation of the state in which the 
 56.7   carrier maintains its principal office or in which the vehicle 
 56.8   is customarily based.  If the carrier operates a leased vehicle, 
 56.9   it may show its name and the name of the lessor on the vehicle, 
 56.10  if the lease relationship is clearly shown.  If the name of a 
 56.11  person other than the operating carrier appears on the vehicle, 
 56.12  the words "operated by" must immediately precede the name of the 
 56.13  carrier.  
 56.14     (c) The name and address must be in letters that contrast 
 56.15  sharply in color with the background, be readily legible during 
 56.16  daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is 
 56.17  stationary, and be maintained in a manner that retains the 
 56.18  legibility of the markings.  The name and address may be shown 
 56.19  by use of a removable device if that device meets the 
 56.20  identification and legibility requirements of this subdivision. 
 56.21     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.036, 
 56.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 56.23     Subdivision 1.  [ORDER.] The commissioner may issue an 
 56.24  order requiring violations to be corrected and administratively 
 56.25  assessing monetary penalties for a violation of (1) section 
 56.26  221.021; (2) section 221.033, subdivision 2b; (3) section 
 56.27  221.041, subdivision 3; (4) section 221.081; (5) section 
 56.28  221.151; (6) (4) section 221.171; (7) (5) section 221.141; 
 56.29  (8) (6) section 221.035, or a material term or condition of a 
 56.30  license issued under that section; or (7) rules of the board or 
 56.31  commissioner relating to the transportation of hazardous waste, 
 56.32  motor carrier operations, insurance, or tariffs and accounting.  
 56.33  An order must be issued as provided in this section. 
 56.34     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.036, 
 56.35  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 56.36     Subd. 3.  [AMOUNT OF PENALTY; CONSIDERATIONS.] (a) The 
 57.1   commissioner may issue an order assessing a penalty of up to 
 57.2   $5,000 for all violations of section 221.021; 221.041, 
 57.3   subdivision 3; 221.081; 221.141; 221.151; or 221.171, or rules 
 57.4   of the board or commissioner relating to motor carrier 
 57.5   operations, insurance, or tariffs and accounting, identified 
 57.6   during a single inspection, audit, or investigation. 
 57.7      (b) The commissioner may issue an order assessing a penalty 
 57.8   up to a maximum of $10,000 for all violations of section 
 57.9   221.033, subdivision 2b, or 221.035, and rules adopted under 
 57.10  those sections, identified during a single inspection or audit. 
 57.11     (c) In determining the amount of a penalty, the 
 57.12  commissioner shall consider: 
 57.13     (1) the willfulness of the violation; 
 57.14     (2) the gravity of the violation, including damage to 
 57.15  humans, animals, air, water, land, or other natural resources of 
 57.16  the state; 
 57.17     (3) the history of past violations, including the 
 57.18  similarity of the most recent violation and the violation to be 
 57.19  penalized, the time elapsed since the last violation, the number 
 57.20  of previous violations, and the response of the person to the 
 57.21  most recent violation identified; 
 57.22     (4) the economic benefit gained by the person by allowing 
 57.23  or committing the violation; and 
 57.24     (5) other factors as justice may require, if the 
 57.25  commissioner specifically identifies the additional factors in 
 57.26  the commissioner's order. 
 57.27     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.091, is 
 57.28  amended to read: 
 57.29     221.091 [LIMITATIONS; RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL REGULATION.] 
 57.30     Subdivision 1.  [LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER STREETS AND 
 57.31  HIGHWAYS.] No provision in Sections 221.011 to 221.291 and 
 57.32  221.84 to 221.85 shall do not authorize the use by any a carrier 
 57.33  of any a public highway in any a city of the first class in 
 57.34  violation of any a charter provision or ordinance of such the 
 57.35  city in effect January 1, 1925, unless and except as such the 
 57.36  charter provisions provision or ordinance may be is repealed 
 58.1   after that date; nor shall.  In addition, sections 221.011 to 
 58.2   221.291 and 221.84 to 221.85 be construed as in any manner 
 58.3   taking from or curtailing do not (1) curtail the right of any a 
 58.4   city to reasonably regulate or control the routing, parking, 
 58.5   speed or the safety of operation of a motor vehicle operated by 
 58.6   any a carrier under the terms of those sections, or (2) curtail 
 58.7   the general police power of any such the city over its highways; 
 58.8   nor shall sections 221.011 to 221.291 and 221.84 to 221.85 be 
 58.9   construed as abrogating, or (3) abrogate any provision of 
 58.10  the city's charter of any such city requiring certain conditions 
 58.11  to be complied with before such a carrier can use the highways 
 58.12  of such the city, and such these rights and powers herein 
 58.13  stated are hereby expressly reserved and granted to such the 
 58.14  city; but.  However, no such city shall prohibit or deny the use 
 58.15  of the public highways within its territorial boundaries by any 
 58.16  such a carrier for transportation of transporting passengers or 
 58.17  property received within its boundaries to destinations 
 58.18  beyond such the city's boundaries, or for transportation 
 58.19  of transporting passengers or property from points beyond such 
 58.20  the city's boundaries to destinations within the same the city's 
 58.21  boundaries, or for transportation of transporting passengers or 
 58.22  property from points beyond such the city's boundaries through 
 58.23  such municipality the city to points beyond the city's 
 58.24  boundaries of such municipality, where such operation when the 
 58.25  carrier is operating pursuant to a certificate of convenience 
 58.26  and necessity registration issued by the commission under this 
 58.27  chapter or to a permit issued by the commissioner under section 
 58.28  221.84 or 221.85. 
 58.29     Subd. 2.  [LOCAL LICENSING OF SMALL VEHICLE PASSENGER 
 58.30  SERVICE.] A city that licenses and regulates small vehicle 
 58.31  passenger service must do so by ordinance.  The ordinance must, 
 58.32  at a minimum, provide for driver qualifications, insurance, 
 58.33  vehicle safety, and periodic vehicle inspections.  A city that 
 58.34  has adopted an ordinance complying with this subdivision may 
 58.35  enforce the registration requirement in section 221.021. 
 58.36     Subd. 3.  [METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION 
 59.1   AUTHORITY.] Notwithstanding any other law, the metropolitan 
 59.2   airports commission may regulate ground transportation to and 
 59.3   from an airport under its jurisdiction.  This authority 
 59.4   includes, but is not limited to, regulating the number and type 
 59.5   of transportation service, making concession agreements, and 
 59.6   establishing vehicle standards. 
 59.7      Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.122, 
 59.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 59.9      Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRATION, INSURANCE, AND FILING 
 59.10  REQUIREMENTS.] An order issued by the board which grants a 
 59.11  certificate or permit must contain a service date.  The person 
 59.12  to whom the order granting the certificate or permit is issued 
 59.13  shall do the following within 45 days from the service date of 
 59.14  the order:  
 59.15     (1) register vehicles which will be used to provide 
 59.16  transportation under the permit or certificate with the 
 59.17  commissioner and pay the vehicle registration fees required by 
 59.18  law; 
 59.19     (2) file and maintain insurance or bond as required by 
 59.20  sections 221.141 and 221.296 and rules of the commissioner and 
 59.21  board; and 
 59.22     (3) file rates and tariffs as required by sections 221.041 
 59.23  and section 221.161 and rules of the commissioner and board.  
 59.24     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.124, is 
 59.25  amended to read: 
 59.26     221.124 [INITIAL MOTOR CARRIER CONTACT PROGRAM.] 
 59.27     Subdivision 1.  [INITIAL MOTOR CARRIER CONTACT.] The 
 59.28  initial motor carrier contact program consists of an initial 
 59.29  contact, for educational purposes, between a motor carrier 
 59.30  required to participate and representatives of the department of 
 59.31  transportation.  The initial contact may be through an 
 59.32  educational seminar or, at the discretion of the department, 
 59.33  through a personal meeting contact with a representative of the 
 59.34  department.  The initial contact must consist of a discussion of 
 59.35  the statutes, rules, and regulations that apply to motor 
 59.36  carriers.  Topics discussed must include:  carrier authority; 
 60.1   the leasing of drivers and vehicles; insurance requirements; 
 60.2   tariffs; annual reports; accident reporting; accident 
 60.3   countermeasures; identification of vehicles; driver 
 60.4   qualifications; maximum hours of service of drivers; the safe 
 60.5   operation of vehicles; equipment, parts, and accessories; and 
 60.6   inspection, repair, and maintenance.  The department shall 
 60.7   provide written documentation of proof of compliance with the 
 60.8   requirements of subdivision 2 and shall give a copy of the 
 60.9   document to the motor carrier. 
 60.10     Subd. 2.  [PARTICIPATION REQUIRED.] A motor carrier 
 60.11  that receives a certificate or permit from first registers with 
 60.12  or receives a permit from the board for new authority on 
 60.13  or commissioner after September 1, 1991 January 1, 2000, shall 
 60.14  participate in the initial motor carrier contact program.  A 
 60.15  motor carrier required to participate in the program must have 
 60.16  in attendance at least one motor carrier official having a 
 60.17  substantial interest or control, directly or indirectly, in or 
 60.18  over the operations conducted or to be conducted under 
 60.19  the certificate carrier's registration or permit. 
 60.20     Subd. 3.  [TIME FOR COMPLIANCE.] A motor carrier required 
 60.21  by subdivision 2 to participate in the program must do so within 
 60.22  90 days of the service date of the order granting the 
 60.23  certificate or permit or within 90 days of registering, unless 
 60.24  the commissioner extends the time for compliance.  Failure to 
 60.25  comply with the requirement of subdivision 2 makes the order 
 60.26  granting the certificate or permit or the carrier's registration 
 60.27  void upon expiration of the time for compliance. 
 60.28     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.131, 
 60.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 60.30     Subd. 2.  [ANNUAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION; FEE.] (a) This 
 60.31  subdivision applies only to holders of household goods mover 
 60.32  permits and charter carrier permits motor carriers of passengers.
 60.33     (b) The A permit holder or motor carrier of passengers 
 60.34  shall pay an annual registration fee of $40 $80 on each vehicle, 
 60.35  including pickup and delivery vehicles, operated by the holder 
 60.36  carrier under authority of the permit or certificate of 
 61.1   registration during the 12-month period or fraction of the 
 61.2   12-month period.  Trailers and semitrailers used by a permit 
 61.3   holder in combination with power units may not be counted as 
 61.4   vehicles in the computation of fees under this section if the 
 61.5   permit holder pays the fees for power units. 
 61.6      (c) The commissioner shall furnish a distinguishing annual 
 61.7   identification card for each vehicle or power unit for which a 
 61.8   fee has been paid.  The identification card must at all times be 
 61.9   carried in the vehicle or power unit to which it has been 
 61.10  assigned.  An identification card may be reassigned to another 
 61.11  vehicle or power unit upon application of the permit holder 
 61.12  carrier and payment of a transfer fee of $10.  An identification 
 61.13  card issued under this section is valid only for the period for 
 61.14  which the permit or certificate of registration is effective. 
 61.15     (d) A fee of $10 is charged for the replacement of an 
 61.16  unexpired identification card that has been lost.  
 61.17     (e) The proceeds of the fees collected under this 
 61.18  subdivision must be deposited in the trunk highway fund. 
 61.19     Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.141, 
 61.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 61.21     Subdivision 1.  [FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CARRIERS.] (a) 
 61.22  No motor carrier and no interstate carrier shall operate a 
 61.23  vehicle until it has obtained and has in effect the minimum 
 61.24  amount of financial responsibility required by this section.  
 61.25  Policies of insurance, surety bonds, other types of security, 
 61.26  and endorsements must be continuously in effect and must remain 
 61.27  in effect until canceled.  Before providing transportation, the 
 61.28  motor carrier or interstate carrier shall secure and cause to be 
 61.29  filed with the commissioner and maintain in full effect, a 
 61.30  certificate of insurance in a form required by the commissioner, 
 61.31  evidencing public liability insurance in the amount prescribed.  
 61.32  The insurance must cover injuries and damage to persons or 
 61.33  property resulting from the operation or use of motor vehicles, 
 61.34  regardless of whether each vehicle is specifically described in 
 61.35  the policy.  This insurance does not apply to injuries or death 
 61.36  to the employees of the motor carrier or to property being 
 62.1   transported by the carrier.  The commissioner shall require 
 62.2   cargo insurance for certificated carriers, except those carrying 
 62.3   passengers exclusively.  The commissioner may require a permit 
 62.4   carrier to file cargo insurance when the commissioner deems 
 62.5   necessary to protect the users of the service.  
 62.6      (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
 62.7   the insurance required of a motor carrier of passengers must be 
 62.8   at least that amount required of interstate carriers under Code 
 62.9   of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 387.33, as amended. 
 62.10     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.172, 
 62.11  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 62.12     Subd. 10.  [RETAINED THREE YEARS.] A shipping document or 
 62.13  record described in subdivisions subdivision 2 to 9 or 3, or a 
 62.14  copy of it, must be retained by the carrier for at least three 
 62.15  years from the date on the shipping document or record.  A 
 62.16  carrier may keep a shipping record described in subdivisions 
 62.17  subdivision 3 to 9 by any technology that prevents the 
 62.18  alteration, modification, or erasure of the underlying data and 
 62.19  will enable production of an accurate and unaltered paper copy.  
 62.20  A carrier shall keep a shipping record in a manner that will 
 62.21  make it readily accessible and shall have a means of identifying 
 62.22  and producing a legible paper copy for inspection by the 
 62.23  commissioner upon request. 
 62.24     Sec. 57.  [221.178] [MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS; CRIMINAL 
 62.25  BACKGROUND CHECK.] 
 62.26     Subdivision 1.  [CARRIER TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECK.] A 
 62.27  motor carrier of passengers shall conduct, or cause to be 
 62.28  conducted, an initial background check of a person the carrier 
 62.29  hires or with whom the carrier contracts whose duties include 
 62.30  operating a vehicle used to transport passengers.  A subsequent 
 62.31  background check must be conducted every three years. 
 62.32     Subd. 2.  [SCOPE AND PROCEDURES OF CHECK.] Sections 
 62.33  299C.67, 299C.68, 299C.70, and 299C.71 apply to background 
 62.34  checks conducted under subdivision 1.  For purposes of this 
 62.35  section, when used in sections 299C.67, 299C.68, 299C.70, and 
 62.36  299C.71, the term "owner" refers to a motor carrier of 
 63.1   passengers and the term "manager" refers to a driver.  A motor 
 63.2   carrier of passengers may not use a driver to operate a vehicle 
 63.3   providing passenger transportation if the background check 
 63.4   response shows that the driver has been convicted of a 
 63.5   background check crime defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 
 63.6   2, paragraph (a) or (b).  
 63.7      Subd. 3.  [RECORDS.] A carrier shall keep a record, 
 63.8   identified by the employee's name, of a background check 
 63.9   conducted under this section.  A record must be made available 
 63.10  to the commissioner upon request. 
 63.11     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, 
 63.12  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 63.13     Subdivision 1.  [GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION.] Despite the 
 63.14  provisions of section 221.021, authority to operate as a 
 63.15  household goods mover permit or a motor carrier registration 
 63.16  issued under sections 221.011 to 221.296 section 221.0251 or 
 63.17  221.0252 is suspended without a hearing, by order of the 
 63.18  commissioner, for a period not to exceed 45 days upon the 
 63.19  occurrence of any of the following and upon notice of suspension 
 63.20  as provided in subdivision 2: 
 63.21     (a) the motor carrier if the permit holder or carrier fails 
 63.22  to maintain and file with the commissioner, the insurance or 
 63.23  bond required by sections section 221.141 and 221.296 and rules 
 63.24  of the commissioner; 
 63.25     (b) the motor carrier fails to renew permits as required by 
 63.26  section 221.131; 
 63.27     (c) adopted under that section or the motor carrier or 
 63.28  permit holder fails to pay annual vehicle registration fees or 
 63.29  renew permits as required by sections 221.071, section 221.131, 
 63.30  and 221.296; or 
 63.31     (d) the motor carrier fails to maintain in good standing a 
 63.32  protective agent's or private detective's license required under 
 63.33  section 221.121, subdivision 6g, paragraph (b), or 221.153, 
 63.34  subdivision 3 the permit holder or carrier fails to pay an 
 63.35  administrative penalty under section 221.036. 
 63.36     Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, 
 64.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 64.2      Subd. 2.  [NOTICE OF SUSPENSION.] (a) Failure to file and 
 64.3   maintain insurance, renew permits under section 221.131, or to 
 64.4   pay annual vehicle registration fees or renew permits under 
 64.5   section 221.071, 221.131, or 221.296, or to maintain in good 
 64.6   standing a protective agent's or private detective's license 
 64.7   required under section 221.121, subdivision 6g, or 221.153, 
 64.8   subdivision 3, suspends a motor carrier's permit or certificate 
 64.9   two days after the commissioner sends notice of the suspension 
 64.10  by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known 
 64.11  address of the motor carrier.  
 64.12     (b) In order to avoid permanent cancellation of the permit 
 64.13  or certificate, the motor carrier must do one of the following 
 64.14  within 45 days from the date of suspension:  
 64.15     (1) comply with the law by filing insurance or bond, 
 64.16  renewing permits, or paying vehicle registration fees; or 
 64.17     (2) request a hearing before the board regarding the 
 64.18  failure to comply with the law. 
 64.19     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, is 
 64.20  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 64.21     Subd. 2a.  [NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; EFFECTIVE DATE.] The 
 64.22  commissioner shall issue a notice of suspension if one of the 
 64.23  conditions described in subdivision 1 occurs.  The notice must 
 64.24  give the reason for suspension and must be sent to the last 
 64.25  known address of the carrier by certified mail, return receipt 
 64.26  requested.  A suspension is effective two days after a notice is 
 64.27  mailed. 
 64.28     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, 
 64.29  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 64.30     Subd. 3.  [RESCIND SUSPENSION.] If the motor carrier 
 64.31  complies with the requirements of this chapter within 45 days 
 64.32  after the date of suspension and pays the required fees, 
 64.33  including a late vehicle registration fee of $5 for each vehicle 
 64.34  registered, the commissioner shall rescind the suspension unless 
 64.35  the carrier's registration has expired.  If a registered carrier 
 64.36  fails to comply within one year of the effective date of a 
 65.1   suspension, the carrier's registration is canceled.  
 65.2      Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, 
 65.3   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 65.4      Subd. 4.  [FAILURE TO COMPLY, CANCELLATION.] Except as 
 65.5   provided in subdivision 5a, failure to comply with the 
 65.6   requirements of sections 221.141 and 221.296 relating to bonds 
 65.7   and insurance, 221.131 relating to permit renewal, 221.071, 
 65.8   221.131, or 221.296 relating to annual vehicle registration or 
 65.9   permit renewal, 221.121, subdivision 6g, or 221.153, subdivision 
 65.10  3, relating to protective agent or private detective licensure, 
 65.11  or to request a hearing within 45 days of the date of 
 65.12  suspension, is deemed an abandonment of the motor carrier's 
 65.13  permit or certificate and the permit or certificate must be 
 65.14  canceled by the commissioner. 
 65.15     Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.185, 
 65.16  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 65.17     Subd. 9.  [NEW PETITION.] If the holder of a canceled 
 65.18  permit or certificate seeks authority to operate as a motor 
 65.19  carrier it shall file a petition with the commissioner for a 
 65.20  permit or certificate as provided in section 221.061, 221.121, 
 65.21  or 221.296, whichever is applicable.  
 65.22     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.221, 
 65.23  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 65.24     Subd. 3.  [DELEGATED POWERS.] Representatives of the 
 65.25  department to whom authority has been delegated by the 
 65.26  commissioner for the purpose of enforcing sections 169.781 to 
 65.27  169.783, 221.041, and 221.171 and the rules, orders, or 
 65.28  directives of the commissioner or board adopted or issued under 
 65.29  those sections, and for no other purpose, shall have the powers 
 65.30  conferred by law upon police officers.  The representatives of 
 65.31  the department have the power to inspect records, logs, freight 
 65.32  bills, bills of lading, or other documents which may provide 
 65.33  evidence to determine compliance with sections 169.781 to 
 65.34  169.783, 221.041, and 221.171. 
 65.35     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.291, 
 65.36  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 66.1      Subd. 4.  [OPERATING WITHOUT CERTIFICATE REGISTRATION OR 
 66.2   PERMIT.] A person who operates a motor carrier without obtaining 
 66.3   required certificates or permits to operate as required by this 
 66.4   chapter first registering under section 221.0251 or 221.0252, or 
 66.5   who operates as a household goods mover without having obtained 
 66.6   the necessary permit, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 66.7   conviction shall be fined not less than the maximum fine which 
 66.8   may be imposed for a misdemeanor for each violation.  
 66.9      Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.55, is 
 66.10  amended to read: 
 66.11     221.55 [CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.] 
 66.12     No person or corporation shall engage in the transportation 
 66.13  described in section 221.54 without a certificate of public 
 66.14  convenience and necessity from the board authorizing such 
 66.15  operation.  Such certificate shall be issued by the board 
 66.16  pursuant to application, notice, and hearing as provided in 
 66.17  sections 221.061 and 221.071, and the issuance of certificates 
 66.18  and the transportation covered thereby shall be governed by the 
 66.19  provisions of such sections and by sections section 221.031, 
 66.20  221.041, 221.051 and 221.081, applying to certificated common 
 66.21  carriers for hire, insofar as such provisions are not 
 66.22  inconsistent with section 221.54 and this section. 
 66.23     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 296A.18, 
 66.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 66.25     Subd. 3.  [SNOWMOBILE.] Approximately one percent in fiscal 
 66.26  years 1998 and 1999, and three-fourths of one percent 
 66.27  thereafter, of all gasoline received in and produced or brought 
 66.28  into this state, except gasoline used for aviation purposes, is 
 66.29  being used as fuel for the operation of snowmobiles in this 
 66.30  state, and of the total revenue derived from the imposition of 
 66.31  the gasoline fuel tax for uses other than for aviation purposes, 
 66.32  one percent in fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and three-fourths of 
 66.33  one percent thereafter, of such revenues is the amount of tax on 
 66.34  fuel used in snowmobiles operated in this state. 
 66.35     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297B.09, 
 66.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 67.1      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL FUND SHARE ALLOCATION OF 
 67.2   RECEIPTS.] (a) Money collected and received under this chapter 
 67.3   must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 67.4   general fund.  The amounts collected and received shall be 
 67.5   credited as provided in this subdivision, and transferred from 
 67.6   the general fund on July 15 and February 15 of each fiscal 
 67.7   year.  The commissioner of finance must make each transfer based 
 67.8   upon the actual receipts of the preceding six calendar months 
 67.9   and include the interest earned during that six-month period.  
 67.10  The commissioner of finance may establish a quarterly or other 
 67.11  schedule providing for more frequent payments to the transit 
 67.12  assistance fund if the commissioner determines it is necessary 
 67.13  or desirable to provide for the cash flow needs of the 
 67.14  recipients of money from the transit assistance fund.  
 67.15     (b) Twenty-five percent of the money collected and received 
 67.16  under this chapter after June 30, 1990, and before July 1, 1991, 
 67.17  must be transferred to the highway user tax distribution fund 
 67.18  and the transit assistance fund for apportionment as follows:  
 67.19  75 percent must be transferred to the highway user tax 
 67.20  distribution fund for apportionment in the same manner and for 
 67.21  the same purposes as other money in that fund, and the remaining 
 67.22  25 percent of the money must be transferred to the transit 
 67.23  assistance fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 67.24  transportation for transit assistance within the state and to 
 67.25  the metropolitan council.  
 67.26     (c) The distributions under this subdivision to the highway 
 67.27  user tax distribution fund until June 30, 1991, and to the trunk 
 67.28  highway fund thereafter, must be reduced by the amount necessary 
 67.29  to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09, subdivision 1.  
 67.30  For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, and June 30, 1989, 
 67.31  the commissioner of finance, before making the transfers 
 67.32  required on July 15 and January 15 of each year, shall estimate 
 67.33  the amount required to fund the appropriation under section 
 67.34  41A.09, subdivision 1, for the six-month period for which the 
 67.35  transfer is being made.  The commissioner shall then reduce the 
 67.36  amount transferred to the highway user tax distribution fund by 
 68.1   the amount of that estimate.  The commissioner shall reduce the 
 68.2   estimate for any six-month period by the amount by which the 
 68.3   estimate for the previous six-month period exceeded the amount 
 68.4   needed to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09, 
 68.5   subdivision 1, for that previous six-month period.  If at any 
 68.6   time during a six-month period in those fiscal years the amount 
 68.7   of reduction in the transfer to the highway user tax 
 68.8   distribution fund is insufficient to fund the appropriation 
 68.9   under section 41A.09, subdivision 1, for that period, the 
 68.10  commissioner shall transfer to the general fund from the highway 
 68.11  user tax distribution fund an additional amount sufficient to 
 68.12  fund the appropriation for that period, but the additional 
 68.13  amount so transferred to the general fund in a six-month period 
 68.14  may not exceed the amount transferred to the highway user tax 
 68.15  distribution fund for that six-month period as follows: 
 68.16     (1) 73 percent to the general fund; 
 68.17     (2) five percent to the mobility fund; and 
 68.18     (3) 22 percent to the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 68.19     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 360.531, 
 68.20  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 68.21     Subd. 3.  [FIRST YEAR OF LIFE.] "First year of life" means 
 68.22  the year of model designation of the aircraft, or, if there be 
 68.23  no model designation it shall mean the year of manufacture year 
 68.24  the aircraft was manufactured. 
 68.25     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 360.55, 
 68.26  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 68.27     Subd. 4.  [COLLECTOR'S AIRCRAFT; PIONEER LICENSE SPECIAL 
 68.28  PLATES.] (a) For purposes of this subdivision: 
 68.29     (1) "antique aircraft" means an aircraft constructed by the 
 68.30  original manufacturer, or its licensee, on or before December 
 68.31  31, 1945, with the exception of certain pre-World War II 
 68.32  aircraft models that had only a small post-war production, such 
 68.33  as Beechcraft Staggerwing, Fairchild 24, and Monocoupe; and 
 68.34     (2) "classic aircraft" means an aircraft constructed by the 
 68.35  original manufacturer, or its licensee, on or after January 1, 
 68.36  1946, and has a first year of life that precedes the date of 
 69.1   registration by at least 50 years. 
 69.2      Any (b) If an antique or classic aircraft built by the 
 69.3   original manufacturer prior to December 31, 1939, and is owned 
 69.4   and operated solely as a collector's item shall be listed, its 
 69.5   owner may list it for taxation and registration as follows:  A 
 69.6   sworn affidavit shall be executed stating the name and address 
 69.7   of the owner, the name and address of the person from whom 
 69.8   purchased, the make of the aircraft, year and model number of 
 69.9   the aircraft, the federal aircraft registration number, the 
 69.10  manufacturer's identification number and that the aircraft is 
 69.11  owned and operated solely as a collector's item and not for 
 69.12  general transportation or commercial operations purposes.  The 
 69.13  affidavit shall be filed with the commissioner along with a fee 
 69.14  of $25.  
 69.15     (c) Upon satisfaction that the affidavit is true and 
 69.16  correct, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant special 
 69.17  number plates, decalcomania labels or stamps bearing the 
 69.18  inscription "Pioneer Classic" or "Antique," "Minnesota" and the 
 69.19  registration number but no date.  The special number plates, 
 69.20  decalcomania labels or stamps are valid without renewal as long 
 69.21  as the owner operates the aircraft solely as a collector's item. 
 69.22     (d) Should such an antique or classic aircraft be operated 
 69.23  other than as a collector's item, the pioneer special number 
 69.24  plates, decalcomania labels or stamps shall be void and removed, 
 69.25  and the owner shall list the aircraft for taxation and 
 69.26  registration in accordance with the other provisions of sections 
 69.27  360.511 to 360.67.  
 69.28     (e) Upon the sale of such an antique or classic aircraft, 
 69.29  the new owner must list the aircraft for taxation and 
 69.30  registration in accordance with the provisions of this 
 69.31  subdivision, (including the payment of a $25 fee) to obtain 
 69.32  new special plates or payment of a $5 fee to retain and transfer 
 69.33  the existing special plates to the name of the new owner, or the 
 69.34  other provisions of sections 360.511 to 360.67, whichever is 
 69.35  applicable. 
 69.36     (f) In the event of defacement, loss or destruction of the 
 70.1   special number plates, decalcomania labels or stamps, and upon 
 70.2   receiving and filing a sworn affidavit of the aircraft owner 
 70.3   setting forth the circumstances, together with any defaced 
 70.4   plates, labels or stamps and a fee of $5, the commissioner shall 
 70.5   issue replacement plates, labels or stamps.  The commissioner 
 70.6   shall note on the records the issue of replacement number and 
 70.7   shall proceed to cancel the original plates, labels or stamps. 
 70.8      Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 368.01, 
 70.9   subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 70.10     Subd. 12.  [TAXIS, HAULERS, CAR RENTERS.] The town board 
 70.11  may by ordinance license and regulate baggage wagons, dray 
 70.12  drivers, taxicabs, and automobile rental agencies and liveries.  
 70.13  At a minimum, an ordinance to license or regulate taxicabs or 
 70.14  small vehicle passenger service must provide for driver 
 70.15  qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and periodic vehicle 
 70.16  inspections. 
 70.17     Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 398A.04, 
 70.18  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 70.19     Subd. 2.  [RAILROAD ACQUISITION AND OPERATION.] The 
 70.20  authority may plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct, 
 70.21  purchase, enlarge, extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, 
 70.22  regulate, and protect railroads and railroad facilities, 
 70.23  including but not limited to terminal buildings, roadways, 
 70.24  crossings, bridges, causeways, tunnels, equipment, and rolling 
 70.25  stock.  The authority may not expend state or federal funds to 
 70.26  engage in planning for or development of light rail transit or 
 70.27  commuter rail transit, unless this activity is consistent with a 
 70.28  plan adopted by the department of transportation under section 
 70.29  174.84 and a plan adopted by the metropolitan council under 
 70.30  section 473.399, and is carried out pursuant to a memorandum of 
 70.31  understanding executed by the authority and the commissioner 
 70.32  after appropriate consultation with the metropolitan council. 
 70.33     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 412.221, 
 70.34  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
 70.35     Subd. 20.  [TAXIS, HAULERS, CAR RENTERS.] The council shall 
 70.36  have power by ordinance to license and regulate baggage wagons, 
 71.1   dray drivers, taxicabs, and automobile rental agencies and 
 71.2   liveries.  At a minimum, an ordinance to license or regulate 
 71.3   taxicabs or small vehicle passenger service must provide for 
 71.4   driver qualifications, insurance, vehicle safety, and periodic 
 71.5   vehicle inspections. 
 71.6      Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 458A.06, 
 71.7   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 71.8      Subd. 5.  [PROCEEDINGS BEFORE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 
 71.9   AND OTHER PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.] The transit commission may 
 71.10  petition the public utilities commission commissioner of 
 71.11  transportation for changes in rates of operators of public 
 71.12  transit systems serving the transit area.  Upon receipt of such 
 71.13  petition, the public utilities commission commissioner shall 
 71.14  order a hearing and conduct further proceedings thereon as 
 71.15  provided by section 221.041, and other applicable laws and 
 71.16  regulations rules.  The transit commission may appear in behalf 
 71.17  of the public interest in any such proceedings or in any other 
 71.18  proceeding before the public utilities commission department of 
 71.19  transportation, the interstate commerce commission federal 
 71.20  agencies, the courts, or other public authorities involving any 
 71.21  matter relating to public transit within or affecting the 
 71.22  transit area. 
 71.23     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.399, is 
 71.24  amended to read: 
 71.25     473.399 [LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL PLANNING.] 
 71.26     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.] (a) The council 
 71.27  shall adopt a plan to ensure that light rail transit facilities 
 71.28  in the metropolitan area will be acquired, developed, owned, and 
 71.29  capable of operation in an efficient, cost-effective, and 
 71.30  coordinated manner in coordination with buses and other 
 71.31  transportation modes and facilities.  The plan may be developed 
 71.32  and adopted in phases corresponding to phasing of construction 
 71.33  of light rail.  To the extent practicable, The council shall may 
 71.34  incorporate into its plan appropriate elements of the plans of 
 71.35  regional railroad authorities in order to avoid duplication of 
 71.36  effort. 
 72.1      (b) The light rail transit plan or first phase of the plan 
 72.2   required by this section must be adopted by the council before 
 72.3   the commissioner of transportation may begin construction of 
 72.4   light rail transit facilities.  Following adoption of the plan, 
 72.5   each regional railroad authority and the commissioner of 
 72.6   transportation shall act in conformity with the plan.  The 
 72.7   commissioner shall prepare or amend the final design plans as 
 72.8   necessary to make the plans consistent with the light rail 
 72.9   transit plan. 
 72.10     (c) Throughout the development and implementation of the 
 72.11  plan, the council shall contract for or otherwise obtain 
 72.12  engineering services to assure that the plan adequately 
 72.13  addresses the technical aspects of light rail transit. 
 72.14     Subd. 1a.  [INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.] The 
 72.15  commissioner of transportation, and the metropolitan council, 
 72.16  and the regional rail authorities shall ensure that the light 
 72.17  rail transit and commuter rail facilities are planned, designed, 
 72.18  and implemented:  (1) to move commuters and transit users into 
 72.19  and out of, as well as within, the metropolitan area, and (2) to 
 72.20  ensure that rail transit lines will interface with each other 
 72.21  and other transportation facilities and services so as to 
 72.22  provide a unified, integrated, and efficient multimodal 
 72.23  transportation system. 
 72.24     Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.3993, 
 72.25  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 72.26     Subd. 3.  [FINAL DESIGN PLAN.] "Final design plan" means a 
 72.27  light rail transit plan that includes the items in the 
 72.28  preliminary design plan and the preliminary engineering plan for 
 72.29  the facilities proposed but with greater detail and specificity 
 72.30  needed for construction.  The final design plan must include, at 
 72.31  a minimum:  
 72.32     (1) final plans for the physical design of facilities, 
 72.33  including the right-of-way definition; environmental impacts and 
 72.34  mitigation measures; intermodal coordination with bus operations 
 72.35  and routes; and civil engineering plans for vehicles, track, 
 72.36  stations, parking, and access, including handicapped access; and 
 73.1      (2) final plans for civil engineering for electrification, 
 73.2   communication, and other similar facilities; operational rules, 
 73.3   procedures, and strategies; capital costs; ridership; operating 
 73.4   costs and revenues, and sources of funds for operating 
 73.5   subsidies; financing for construction and operation; an 
 73.6   implementation method; and other similar matters.  
 73.7      The final design plan must be stated with sufficient 
 73.8   particularity and detail to allow the proposer to begin the 
 73.9   acquisition and construction of operable facilities.  If a 
 73.10  turn-key design-build implementation method is proposed, instead 
 73.11  of civil engineering plans the final design plan must state 
 73.12  detailed design criteria and performance standards for the 
 73.13  facilities. 
 73.14     The commissioner of transportation may use a design-build 
 73.15  method of project development and construction for light rail 
 73.16  transit.  Notwithstanding section 161.32, subdivision 1b, the 
 73.17  commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of 
 73.18  requests for proposals or requests for qualifications without 
 73.19  bids.  "Design-build method of project development and 
 73.20  construction" means a project delivery system in which a single 
 73.21  contractor is responsible for both the design and construction 
 73.22  of the project and bids the design and construction together.  
 73.23     Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.3994, 
 73.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 73.25     Subd. 3.  [PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLANS; LOCAL APPROVAL.] At 
 73.26  least 30 days before the hearing under subdivision 2, the 
 73.27  commissioner of transportation and the regional railroad 
 73.28  authority or authorities in whose jurisdiction the line or lines 
 73.29  are located shall submit the physical design component of the 
 73.30  preliminary design plans to the governing body of each statutory 
 73.31  and home rule charter city, county, and town in which the route 
 73.32  is proposed to be located.  The city, county, or town shall hold 
 73.33  a public hearing, except that a county board need not hold a 
 73.34  hearing if the county board membership is identical to the 
 73.35  membership of the regional railroad authority submitting the 
 73.36  plan for review.  Within 45 days after the hearing under 
 74.1   subdivision 2, the city, county, or town shall review and 
 74.2   approve or disapprove the plans for the route to be located in 
 74.3   the city, county, or town.  A local unit of government that 
 74.4   disapproves the plans shall describe specific amendments to the 
 74.5   plans that, if adopted, would cause the local unit to withdraw 
 74.6   its disapproval.  Failure to approve or disapprove the plans in 
 74.7   writing within 45 days after the hearing is deemed to be 
 74.8   approval, unless an extension of time is agreed to by the city, 
 74.9   county, or town, and the commissioner of transportation, and the 
 74.10  regional railroad authority or authorities in whose jurisdiction 
 74.11  the line or lines are located. 
 74.12     Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.3994, 
 74.13  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 74.14     Subd. 4.  [PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLANS; COUNCIL REFERRAL.] If 
 74.15  the governing body of one or more cities, counties, or towns 
 74.16  disapproves the preliminary design plans within the period 
 74.17  allowed under subdivision 3, the commissioner of transportation 
 74.18  and the regional railroad authority or authorities in whose 
 74.19  jurisdiction the line or lines are located may refer the plans, 
 74.20  along with any comments of local jurisdictions, to the 
 74.21  metropolitan council.  The council shall hold a hearing on the 
 74.22  plans, giving the commissioner of transportation and the 
 74.23  regional railroad authority or authorities in whose jurisdiction 
 74.24  the line or lines are located, any disapproving local 
 74.25  governmental units, and other persons an opportunity to present 
 74.26  their views on the plans.  The council may conduct independent 
 74.27  study as it deems desirable and may mediate and attempt to 
 74.28  resolve disagreements about the plans.  Within 90 days after the 
 74.29  referral, the council shall review the plans submitted by the 
 74.30  commissioner of transportation and the regional railroad 
 74.31  authority or authorities in whose jurisdiction the line or lines 
 74.32  are located and the council shall decide what amendments to the 
 74.33  plans, if any, must be made to accommodate the objections 
 74.34  presented by the disapproving local governmental units.  The 
 74.35  commissioner and the regional railroad authority shall make the 
 74.36  amendments to the plans before continuing the planning and 
 75.1   designing process.  
 75.2      Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.3994, 
 75.3   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 75.4      Subd. 10.  [CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.] A corridor 
 75.5   management committee shall be established to advise the 
 75.6   commissioner of transportation in the design and construction of 
 75.7   light rail transit in each corridor to be constructed.  The 
 75.8   corridor management committee shall consist of the following 
 75.9   members:  
 75.10     (1) one member appointed by the joint powers board 
 75.11  established under section 473.3998; 
 75.12     (2) one member appointed by each city and county in which 
 75.13  the corridor is located; 
 75.14     (3) (2) the commissioner of transportation or a designee of 
 75.15  the commissioner; 
 75.16     (4) (3) two members appointed by the metropolitan council, 
 75.17  one of whom shall be designated as the chair of the committee; 
 75.18     (5) (4) one member appointed by the metropolitan airports 
 75.19  commission, if the designated corridor provides direct service 
 75.20  to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; and 
 75.21     (6) (5) one member appointed by the president of the 
 75.22  University of Minnesota, if the designated corridor provides 
 75.23  direct service to the university. 
 75.24     The corridor management committee shall advise the 
 75.25  commissioner of transportation and the regional railroad 
 75.26  authority or authorities in whose jurisdiction the line or lines 
 75.27  are located on issues relating to the alternatives analysis, 
 75.28  environmental review, preliminary design, preliminary 
 75.29  engineering, final design, implementation method, and 
 75.30  construction of light rail transit. 
 75.31     Sec. 80.  [473.906] [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] 
 75.32     The metropolitan radio board shall report to the 
 75.33  legislature no later than March 1, 2000, concerning the status 
 75.34  of the 800-MHz system.  The report shall include:  projected 
 75.35  cost of the system; identification of groups of taxpayers or 
 75.36  persons who pay fees who will pay for each part of the system; 
 76.1   the number of radios purchased by any government unit; and an 
 76.2   identification of manufacturers that have agreed to, or are 
 76.3   expected to respond to requests for proposals to, deliver radios 
 76.4   to the state or any government unit in connection with the 
 76.5   800-MHz project. 
 76.6      Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.671, 
 76.7   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 76.8      Subd. 5.  [HAZARDOUS WASTE; UNLAWFUL TREATMENT, STORAGE, 
 76.9   TRANSPORTATION, OR DELIVERY.] (a) A person is guilty of a felony 
 76.10  who knowingly does any of the following: 
 76.11     (1) delivers hazardous waste to any person other than a 
 76.12  person who is authorized to receive the waste under rules 
 76.13  adopted under section 116.07, subdivision 4, or under United 
 76.14  States Code, title 42, sections 6921 to 6938; 
 76.15     (2) treats or stores hazardous waste without a permit if a 
 76.16  permit is required, or in violation of a material term or 
 76.17  condition of a permit held by the person, unless: 
 76.18     (i) the person notifies the agency prior to the time a 
 76.19  permit would be required that the person will be treating or 
 76.20  storing waste without a permit; or 
 76.21     (ii) for a violation of a material term or condition of a 
 76.22  permit, the person immediately notifies the agency issuing the 
 76.23  permit of the circumstances of the violation as soon as the 
 76.24  person becomes aware of the violation; 
 76.25     (3) transports hazardous waste to any location other than a 
 76.26  facility that is authorized to receive, treat, store, or dispose 
 76.27  of the hazardous waste under rules adopted under section 116.07, 
 76.28  subdivision 4, or under United States Code, title 42, sections 
 76.29  6921 to 6938; 
 76.30     (4) transports hazardous waste without a manifest as 
 76.31  required by the rules under sections section 116.07, subdivision 
 76.32  4, and 221.172; or 
 76.33     (5) transports hazardous waste without a license required 
 76.34  for the transportation of hazardous waste by chapter 221. 
 76.35     (b) A person convicted under this subdivision may be 
 76.36  sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, or to 
 77.1   payment of a fine of not more than $25,000, or both.  A person 
 77.2   convicted for a second or subsequent offense may be sentenced to 
 77.3   imprisonment for not more than five years, or to payment of a 
 77.4   fine of not more than $50,000, or both. 
 77.5      Sec. 82.  Laws 1995, chapter 195, article 1, section 18, is 
 77.6   amended to read: 
 77.7      Sec. 18.  [SUNSET.] 
 77.8      The metropolitan radio board is abolished effective July 1, 
 77.9   1999 2002.  Effective July 1, 1999 2002, the board's duties and 
 77.10  responsibilities are transferred to the metropolitan council or 
 77.11  an appropriate state agency, as provided by law, based on the 
 77.12  reports submitted by the metropolitan council under section 7, 
 77.13  subdivision 3, of this article.  The designated agency is the 
 77.14  successor to all the property, interests, obligations, and rules 
 77.15  of the metropolitan radio board. 
 77.16     Sec. 83.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 17, subdivision 
 77.17  3, is amended to read: 
 77.18  Subd. 3.  Transitways                                46,500,000 
 77.19  (a) This appropriation is to match 
 77.20  federal and local funding for the 
 77.21  planning, design, engineering, and 
 77.22  construction of transitways in the 
 77.23  metropolitan area. 
 77.24  (b) $40,000,000 is for the preliminary 
 77.25  engineering, final design, and 
 77.26  construction of light rail transit in 
 77.27  the Hiawatha Avenue corridor from 
 77.28  downtown Minneapolis through 
 77.29  Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 77.30  Airport and the site of the former Met 
 77.31  Center or surrounding area with a 
 77.32  terminus in southern Hennepin or 
 77.33  northern Dakota county. 
 77.34  The Hiawatha Avenue corridor management 
 77.35  committee created pursuant to Minnesota 
 77.36  Statutes, section 473.3994, subdivision 
 77.37  10, shall establish an advisory 
 77.38  committee of: 
 77.39  (1) individuals who reside near the 
 77.40  proposed corridor; 
 77.41  (2) representatives of businesses 
 77.42  located within one mile on either side 
 77.43  of the corridor; and 
 77.44  (3) elected officials, including 
 77.45  legislators, who represent the area in 
 77.46  which the Hiawatha corridor is located. 
 77.47  The advisory committee shall advise the 
 78.1   corridor management committee on issues 
 78.2   relating to the preliminary 
 78.3   engineering, final design, and 
 78.4   construction of light rail facilities, 
 78.5   including the proposed alignment for 
 78.6   the corridor. 
 78.7   (c) The funds in this paragraph must be 
 78.8   distributed as grants to appropriate 
 78.9   county regional rail authorities upon 
 78.10  execution of a work program memorandum 
 78.11  of understanding with the commissioner 
 78.12  as follows: 
 78.13  (1) $3,000,000 to match federal funding 
 78.14  for a major investment study, 
 78.15  engineering, and implementation in the 
 78.16  Riverview corridor between the east 
 78.17  side of St. Paul and the 
 78.18  Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 78.19  Airport and the Mall of America and in 
 78.20  the central corridor between downtown 
 78.21  St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis; 
 78.22  (2) $1,500,000 to match federal funding 
 78.23  for a major investment study, 
 78.24  engineering, and implementation in the 
 78.25  Northstar corridor linking downtown 
 78.26  Minneapolis to the St. Cloud area and 
 78.27  to study the feasibility:  (i) of 
 78.28  extending the corridor from St. Cloud 
 78.29  to Little Falls and providing commuter 
 78.30  rail service within this corridor; and 
 78.31  (ii) of commuter rail and other 
 78.32  transportation improvements within the 
 78.33  corridor; 
 78.34  (3) $500,000 to study potential transit 
 78.35  improvements and engineering studies in 
 78.36  the Cedar Avenue corridor to link the 
 78.37  Hiawatha, Riverview, and Northstar 
 78.38  transit corridors with Dakota county; 
 78.39  and 
 78.40  (4) $500,000 to develop engineering 
 78.41  documents for a commuter rail line from 
 78.42  Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul 
 78.43  through southern Washington county to 
 78.44  Hastings. 
 78.45  The commissioner of transportation, in 
 78.46  coordination with the North Star 
 78.47  Corridor Joint Powers Authority and the 
 78.48  St. Cloud area planning agency, shall 
 78.49  study the transportation needs within 
 78.50  the St. Cloud metropolitan area.  
 78.51  (d) $1,000,000 is available as grants 
 78.52  to appropriate county regional rail 
 78.53  authorities to conduct major investment 
 78.54  studies and to develop engineering 
 78.55  documents for commuter rail lines in 
 78.56  the following corridors: 
 78.57  (1) the Young America corridor from 
 78.58  Carver county to Minneapolis and St. 
 78.59  Paul; 
 78.60  (2) the Bethel corridor linking 
 78.61  Cambridge with the Northstar corridor 
 78.62  in Anoka county; 
 79.1   (3) the Northwest corridor from 
 79.2   downtown Minneapolis to the Northwest 
 79.3   suburbs of Hennepin county; and 
 79.4   (4) other commuter rail corridors 
 79.5   identified in phase II of the 
 79.6   department of transportation's commuter 
 79.7   rail service study, except for the 
 79.8   corridors identified in paragraph (c). 
 79.9   The appropriation in this paragraph is 
 79.10  not available until the completion of 
 79.11  the commuter rail service study as 
 79.12  provided in Laws 1997, chapter 159, 
 79.13  article 2, section 51.  The funds may 
 79.14  be made available only after approval 
 79.15  by the commissioner of transportation 
 79.16  of an application submitted by county 
 79.17  regional rail authorities that is 
 79.18  consistent with the results of the 
 79.19  commuter rail service study and 
 79.20  demonstrates a coordinated 
 79.21  implementation strategy and upon 
 79.22  execution of a work program memorandum 
 79.23  of understanding with the commissioner. 
 79.24     Sec. 84.  [CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL FACILITIES.] 
 79.25     Neither the state nor any political subdivision may apply 
 79.26  for federal assistance or receive any state appropriation or 
 79.27  grant for light rail transit construction until the commissioner 
 79.28  begins construction of light rail transit facilities in either 
 79.29  the Riverview corridor, connecting the east side of St. Paul, 
 79.30  the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and the Mall of 
 79.31  America; or the central corridor, between downtown St. Paul and 
 79.32  downtown Minneapolis.  This prohibition does not apply to 
 79.33  applications for federal funding or receipt of state funding for 
 79.34  light rail transit in the Hiawatha corridor, connecting downtown 
 79.35  Minneapolis, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and 
 79.36  the vicinity of the Mall of America; in the Riverview corridor; 
 79.37  or in the central corridor.  
 79.38     Sec. 85.  [TRANSIT PLAN; REPORT.] 
 79.39     A regional master plan for transit must be developed by the 
 79.40  metropolitan council, in consultation with the commissioner of 
 79.41  transportation, the regional railroad authorities in the 
 79.42  metropolitan area, and the metropolitan LRT joint powers board.  
 79.43  The plan must be completed for presentation to the legislature 
 79.44  by February 1, 2000.  The plan must include bus and rail 
 79.45  development and must be balanced.  It must include transit 
 79.46  investments based on: 
 80.1      (1) population density; 
 80.2      (2) employment concentrations and job density; 
 80.3      (3) transit dependent segments of the population; 
 80.4      (4) redevelopment and reinvestment; 
 80.5      (5) opportunities in the core of the region; and 
 80.6      (6) adequacy of existing transportation corridors. 
 80.7      Sec. 86.  [PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE STUDY.] 
 80.8      The commissioner of transportation shall conduct a study of 
 80.9   restoring and extending Amtrak rail passenger service to connect 
 80.10  the Twin Cities, Duluth, and the Iron Range.  The study must 
 80.11  include, among other things: 
 80.12     (1) the feasibility and desirability of providing the 
 80.13  service, including connecting the service with potential 
 80.14  commuter rail and light rail routes identified by the 
 80.15  commissioner; 
 80.16     (2) anticipated operating costs, and capital costs if any; 
 80.17     (3) projected ridership of the service and means to 
 80.18  maximize ridership; 
 80.19     (4) examination of alternative rail routes, including track 
 80.20  improvement issues, condition of depot facilities, travel time, 
 80.21  and optimal operating schedules; 
 80.22     (5) analysis of alternative revenue sources, including 
 80.23  federal TEA-21, regional railroad authorities, and the transport 
 80.24  of United States mail; and 
 80.25     (6) examination of successful Amtrak-state-local 
 80.26  partnerships in several other states, including Washington, 
 80.27  North Carolina, New York, and California. 
 80.28  During the course of the study, the various regional railroad 
 80.29  authorities located along the proposed routes are encouraged to 
 80.30  cooperate with and provide the commissioner with any requested 
 80.31  technical assistance. 
 80.32     The commissioner shall report to the governor and 
 80.33  legislature on the results of the study not later than February 
 80.34  1, 2000. 
 80.35     Sec. 87.  [TAXI REGULATION STUDY.] 
 80.36     The metropolitan council shall study and make 
 81.1   recommendations to the legislature no later than February 1, 
 81.2   2000, concerning regulation by a single agency of taxicabs in 
 81.3   the metropolitan area. 
 81.4      Sec. 88.  [RECOMMENDATIONS.] 
 81.5      The department of public safety shall review Minnesota 
 81.6   Statutes, sections 169.48 to 169.66, and any other sections of 
 81.7   law that relate to vehicle lighting, and shall, on or before 
 81.8   February 15, 2000, recommend to the legislature modifications in 
 81.9   the law or administrative procedure to: 
 81.10     (1) clarify types, colors, brightness, and placement of 
 81.11  allowable vehicle lighting; 
 81.12     (2) give adequate notice to the public and to law 
 81.13  enforcement concerning vehicle lighting that is in violation of 
 81.14  the law; 
 81.15     (3) ensure expedient administrative approval or disapproval 
 81.16  of lighting devices; and 
 81.17     (4) allow vehicles to display the maximum range of vehicle 
 81.18  lighting that is consistent with public safety. 
 81.19     Sec. 89.  [STATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; PROPOSAL.] 
 81.20     (a) The director of the office of strategic and long-range 
 81.21  planning shall develop, in coordination with the metropolitan 
 81.22  council and the commissioners of transportation, trade and 
 81.23  economic development, and natural resources, a 20-year state 
 81.24  development strategy.  The strategy must include: 
 81.25     (1) forecasts, issues, goals, and policies relating to 
 81.26  development and the connection between transportation, land use, 
 81.27  environmental protection, energy, and economic development; 
 81.28     (2) an identification of major development and 
 81.29  transportation corridors in the state; 
 81.30     (3) an identification of cultural and natural features and 
 81.31  resources of statewide, regional, and local significance; 
 81.32     (4) recommendations for coordinated state investments 
 81.33  necessary to achieve goals and policies in the area of 
 81.34  infrastructure, including transportation and wastewater 
 81.35  treatment facilities; 
 81.36     (5) a description of any legislation or programmatic 
 82.1   changes necessary to implement the plan; 
 82.2      (6) recommendation for approaches for coordinating local 
 82.3   government decisions with the strategy; and 
 82.4      (7) a process for encompassing the community-based planning 
 82.5   goals in Minnesota Statutes, section 4A.08, including citizen 
 82.6   participation and intergovernmental cooperation. 
 82.7      (b) The director shall submit to the legislature by 
 82.8   February 15, 2000, an evaluation and proposal for preparing the 
 82.9   state development strategy based on development of a prototype 
 82.10  strategy for the I-94 corridor area between the metropolitan 
 82.11  area and St. Cloud. 
 82.12     Sec. 90.  [CONVERSION OF CERTIFICATES.] 
 82.13     A motor carrier of passengers with a valid certificate or 
 82.14  permit issued by the transportation regulation board, public 
 82.15  service commission, public utilities commission, or commissioner 
 82.16  of transportation before January 1, 2000, is deemed to have 
 82.17  registered under Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0252, and the 
 82.18  commissioner of transportation shall issue a certificate of 
 82.19  registration to the carrier.  A certificate of registration 
 82.20  issued under this section must include a date between January 1, 
 82.21  2001, and December 31, 2001, on which it expires.  Before a 
 82.22  certificate of registration expires, after giving notice to the 
 82.23  carrier, the commissioner shall follow the procedures in 
 82.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 221.0252, to renew the carrier's 
 82.25  registration.  Minnesota Statutes, section 221.124, does not 
 82.26  apply to a carrier who is issued a certificate of registration 
 82.27  under this section. 
 82.28     Sec. 91.  [MOTOR CARRIER SERVICE AT MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL 
 82.29  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.] 
 82.30     Until July 1, 2000, only a motor carrier with a valid 
 82.31  certificate, permit, or certificate of registration, issued by 
 82.32  the transportation regulation board, public service 
 82.33  commissioner, public utilities commission, or commissioner of 
 82.34  transportation, or a carrier specifically authorized by the 
 82.35  metropolitan airports commission, may pick up passengers at the 
 82.36  Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. 
 83.1      Sec. 92.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
 83.2      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, is 
 83.3   proposed to the people.  If adopted the article will be amended 
 83.4   by adding a section to read: 
 83.5      Sec. 12.  Of the proceeds of any tax levied by law on the 
 83.6   sale price of new and used motor vehicles, not less than 22 
 83.7   percent must be paid into the highway user tax distribution fund 
 83.8   and not less than five percent must be paid into a fund 
 83.9   established by law for transit capital. 
 83.10     Sec. 93.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
 83.11     The constitutional amendment proposed in section 92 must be 
 83.12  submitted at the 2000 general election.  The question submitted 
 83.13  must be: 
 83.14     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require 
 83.15  that of the proceeds from a sales tax on new and used motor 
 83.16  vehicles at least 22 percent must be paid into the highway user 
 83.17  tax distribution fund and at least five percent must be paid 
 83.18  into a fund for public transit assistance? 
 83.19                                     Yes .......
 83.20                                     No ........"
 83.21     Sec. 94. [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 83.22     The revisor of statutes shall make cross-reference changes 
 83.23  in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the 
 83.24  renumbering of clauses in section 21.  
 83.25     Sec. 95.  [REPEALER.] 
 83.26     (a) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 168.011, subdivision 
 83.27  36; 168.1281; 221.011, subdivisions 7, 9, 20, 21, 32, and 34; 
 83.28  221.041; 221.051; 221.061; 221.071; 221.081; 221.121, 
 83.29  subdivisions 6b and 6h; 221.172, subdivision 9; 221.281; and 
 83.30  221.85, are repealed. 
 83.31     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.3998, is repealed. 
 83.32     Sec. 96.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 83.33     Sections 19, 20, 67, 80, 82, 88, 89, and 94 are effective 
 83.34  the day following final enactment, and sections 19 and 20 are 
 83.35  repealed on July 31, 2000.  Sections 14, 17, and 18 are 
 83.36  effective September 1, 1999.  Sections 1, 33 to 66, 71, 73, 74, 
 84.1   and 81 are effective January 1, 2000.  Sections 5 to 7 and 9 to 
 84.2   13 are effective July 1, 2000.  Section 26 is effective July 1, 
 84.3   2001.  Section 68 is effective July 1, 2001, but shall not take 
 84.4   effect if the constitutional amendment proposed in section 92 is 
 84.5   not adopted at the 2000 general election.  If the constitutional 
 84.6   amendment proposed in section 92 is not adopted at the 2000 
 84.7   general election, any changes enacted in 1999 or 2000 to the 
 84.8   provisions regarding determination of base value or calculation 
 84.9   of registration tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.013, 
 84.10  subdivision 1a, shall be of no further force or effect, and the 
 84.11  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 168.013, subdivision 
 84.12  1a, in force on June 1, 1999, shall be reinstated.