Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                        CHAPTER 351-S.F.No. 100 
           An act relating to transportation; authorizing 
          replacement funds for certain culverts and grading 
          costs; authorizing certain assistance for bridge 
          approaches from the town bridge account; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 161.082, subdivision 
          2a. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 161.082, 
subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  An amount equal to 25 percent of the county 
turnback account must be expended, within counties having two or 
more towns, on town road bridge structures that are ten feet or 
more in length and on town road culverts that replace existing 
town road bridges.  In addition, if the present bridge structure 
is less than ten feet in length but a hydrological survey 
indicates that the replacement bridge structure or culvert must 
be ten feet or more in length, then the bridge or culvert is 
eligible for replacement funds.  In addition, if a culvert that 
replaces a deficient bridge is in a county comprehensive water 
plan approved by the board of water and soil resources and the 
department of natural resources, the costs of the culvert and 
roadway grading other than surfacing are eligible for 
replacement funds up to the cost of constructing a replacement 
bridge.  The expenditures on bridge structures and culverts may 
be on a matching basis, and if on a matching basis, not more 
than 90 percent of the cost of a bridge structure or culvert may 
be paid from the county turnback account.  When bridge approach 
construction work exceeds $10,000 in costs, the town shall be 
eligible for financial assistance from the town bridge account.  
Financial assistance shall be limited to 90 percent of the cost 
of the bridge approach work that is in excess of $10,000 and 
shall be requested by resolution of the county board. 
    An amount equal to 47.5 percent of the county turnback 
account must be set aside as a town road account and distributed 
as provided in section 162.081. 
    Presented to the governor May 31, 1991 
    Signed by the governor June 4, 1991, 8:33 p.m.