Minnesota Legislature
SF 1077
as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/23/2012 09:33am
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; establishing a Mississippi River bikeway trail;
modifying description of Veterans Memorial Highway; regulating left turns;
authorizing commissioner of transportation to pursue federal financing and local
government participation for rail service improvement; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2010, sections 161.14, subdivision 66; 169.06, subdivisions 5, 7; 222.50,
subdivision 4; 222.51; 222.53; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 160; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.48,
subdivision 3a.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[160.266] MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
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For the purposes of this section:
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(1) "bicycle path" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 6; and
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(2) "bikeway" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 9.
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The commissioner, in cooperation with road and trail authorities
including the commissioner of natural resources, shall identify a bikeway that originates at
Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally parallels
the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids in
Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk
Rapids in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County,
St. Paul in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County,
Wabasha in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston
County to Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminates. Where opportunities
exist, the bikeway may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Cooperation with other entities. new text end
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The commissioner may contract and
enter into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, and local governments to
establish, develop, maintain, and operate the bikeway and to interpret associated natural
and cultural resources.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Funding. new text end
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Bicycle paths included within the bikeway and not administered
by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding from the environment
and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the parks and trails grant
program under section 85.535, from the local recreation grants program under section
85.019, subdivision 4b, and from other sources.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.14, subdivision 66, is amended to read:
Subd. 66.
Veterans Memorial Highway.
deleted text begin Legislative Route No. 31, signed asdeleted text end
Trunk Highway new text begin marked new text end 200 as of July 1, 2010, from the border with North Dakota to the
city of Mahnomen, is designated as the "Veterans Memorial Highway." The commissioner
shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs, subject
to section 161.139.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Traffic-control signal.
(a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control
signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a
time or in combination, only the colors Green, Red, and Yellow shall be used, except for
special pedestrian signals carrying a word or legend. The traffic-control signal lights or
colored lighted arrows indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
(1) Green indication:
(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or
turn right or left unless a sign deleted text begin at such placedeleted text end prohibits either turn. But vehicular traffic,
including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to
pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at the time this signal
is exhibited.new text begin Vehicular traffic turning left or making a U-turn to the left shall yield the
right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to
constitute an immediate hazard.
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(ii) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with
another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement
indicated by the arrow, or other movement as permitted by other indications shown at the
same time. deleted text begin Suchdeleted text end Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
(iii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in
subdivision 6, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a
turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to such pedestrian, except that the
pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the
time that the green signal indication is first shown.
(2) Steady yellow indication:
(i) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby
warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be
exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic must not enter the intersection,
except for the continued movement allowed by any green arrow indication simultaneously
exhibited.
(ii) Pedestrians facing a circular yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a
pedestrian-control signal as provided in subdivision 6, are thereby advised that there is
insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian
shall then start to cross the roadway.
(3) Steady red indication:
(i) Vehicular traffic facing a circular red signal alone must stop at a clearly marked
stop line but, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection
or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green
indication is shown, except as follows: (A) the driver of a vehicle stopped as close
as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or,
if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or stop signal,
and with the intention of making a right turn may make the right turn, after stopping,
unless an official sign has been erected prohibiting such movement, but shall yield the
right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal
at that intersection; or (B) the driver of a vehicle on a one-way street intersecting another
one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a red or stop
signal and may then make a left turn into the one-way street, unless an official sign has
been erected prohibiting the movement, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and
other traffic lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
(ii) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in
subdivision 6, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
(iii) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal, with the intention of making a
movement indicated by the arrow, must stop at a clearly marked stop line but, if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before
entering the intersection and must remain standing until a permissive signal indication
permitting the movement indicated by the red arrow is displayed, except as follows: when
an official sign has been erected permitting a turn on a red arrow signal, the vehicular
traffic facing a red arrow signal indication is permitted to enter the intersection to turn
right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street on which traffic moves
to the left, after stopping, but must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic
lawfully proceeding as directed by the signal at that intersection.
(b) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place
other than an intersection, the provisions of this section are applicable except those which
can have no application. Any stop required must be made at a sign or marking on the
pavement indicating where the stop must be made, but in the absence of any such sign or
marking the stop must be made at the signal.
(c) When a traffic-control signal indication or indications placed to control a certain
movement or lane are so identified by placing a sign near the indication or indications,
no other traffic-control signal indication or indications within the intersection controls
vehicular traffic for that movement or lane.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Flashing signal.
When flashing red or yellow signals are used they shall
require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
(a) When a circular red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of
vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway
before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules
applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(b) When a red arrow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes drivers of
vehicles with the intention of making a movement indicated by the arrow shall stop at a
clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of
the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the
driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the
intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a
stop at a stop sign.
(c) When a circular yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers
of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past the signals only with caution.new text begin But
vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to
other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent crosswalk at
the time this signal is exhibited. Vehicular traffic turning left or making a U-turn to the left
shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so
closely as to constitute an immediate hazard.
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(d) When a yellow arrow indication is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes,
drivers of vehicles with the intention of making a movement indicated by the arrow may
proceed through the intersection or past the signals only with cautiondeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin , but shall yield
the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or
adjacent crosswalk at the time this signal is exhibited. Vehicular traffic turning left or
making a U-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from
the opposite direction so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard.
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Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Contract.
The commissioner may negotiate and enter into contracts for the
purpose of rail service improvement and may incorporate funds available from the federal
deleted text begin rail service continuation programdeleted text end new text begin governmentnew text end . The participants in these contracts shall be
railroads, rail usersnew text begin ,new text end and the department, and may be political subdivisions of the state and
the federal government. In such contracts, participation by all parties shall be voluntary.
The commissioner may provide a portion of the money required to carry out the terms of
any such contract by expenditure from the rail service improvement account.
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.51, is amended to read:
222.51 PARTICIPATION BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
The governing body of any political subdivision of the state may with the approval
of the commissioner appropriate money for rail service improvement and may participate
in the state rail service improvement program and deleted text begin thedeleted text end federal rail deleted text begin service continuation
programdeleted text end new text begin programsnew text end .
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.53, is amended to read:
222.53 ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL MONEY.
The commissioner may exercise those powers necessary for the state to qualify
for, accept, and disburse any federal money deleted text begin that may be made available pursuant to the
provisions of the federal rail service continuation programdeleted text end , including the power to:
(1) establish an adequate plan for rail service in the state as part of an overall
planning process for all transportation services in the state, including a suitable process for
updating, revising, and amending the plan;
(2) administer and coordinate the plan with other state agencies, and provide for the
equitable distribution of resources;
(3) develop, promote, and support safe, adequate, and efficient rail transportation
services; employ qualified personnel; maintain adequate programs of investigation,
research, promotion, and development, with provisions for public participation; and take
all practical steps to improve transportation safety and reduce transportation-related
energy utilization and pollution;
(4) adopt and maintain adequate procedures for financial control, accounting, and
performance evaluation in order to assure proper use of state and federal money;
(5) do all things otherwise necessary to maximize federal assistance to the state
deleted text begin under the federal rail service continuation programdeleted text end .
Sec. 8. new text begin REPEALER.
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Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.48, subdivision 3a,
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is repealed.
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