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             providing for a maximum percentage of the motorcycle 
  1.5             safety fund that may be spent for certain activities; 
  1.6             authorizing suspension of a vehicle's registration in 
  1.7             certain circumstances; requiring a detachable postcard 
  1.8             to be provided in a vehicle's certificate of title and 
  1.9             completed on transfer of the vehicle; modifying 
  1.10            provisions relating to disability parking privileges; 
  1.11            abolishing certain credit for vehicle registration 
  1.12            fee; specifically authorizing cities to enact 
  1.13            ordinances regulating long-term parking; requiring the 
  1.14            department of public safety to provide photo 
  1.15            identification equipment to certain driver's license 
  1.16            agents; reducing cost of Minnesota identification card 
  1.17            for persons with serious and persistent mental 
  1.18            illness; establishing a major transportation projects 
  1.19            commission; requiring commissioner of transportation 
  1.20            to enumerate major transportation projects; requiring 
  1.21            major transportation projects commission to report to 
  1.22            the legislature; authorizing siting of public safety 
  1.23            radio communications towers; directing commissioner of 
  1.24            transportation to establish a southern railway 
  1.25            corridor improvement plan; regulating advertising in 
  1.26            department of public safety publications; modifying 
  1.27            provisions relating to special number plates for 
  1.28            collector aircraft; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.29            sections 121A.36, subdivision 3; 168.021, subdivision 
  1.30            2; 168.17; 168.301, subdivisions 3 and 4; 168A.05, 
  1.31            subdivision 5; 168A.10, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5; 
  1.32            168A.30, subdivision 2; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 3, 
  1.33            and 4; 169.346, subdivision 3, and by adding a 
  1.34            subdivision; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.07, 
  1.35            subdivision 3; 174.70; 299A.01, by adding a 
  1.36            subdivision; and 360.55, subdivision 4; Laws 1997, 
  1.37            chapter 159, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 7; and 
  1.38            4, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.39            Minnesota Statutes, chapters 174; and 219. 
  1.40  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.41  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.42     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.1   appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  2.2   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.3   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.4   figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  2.5   that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
  2.6   year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, 
  2.7   respectively.  If the figures are not used, the appropriations 
  2.8   are available for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 
  2.9   2001, respectively.  The term "first year" means the year ending 
  2.10  June 30, 2000, and the term "second year" means the year ending 
  2.11  June 30, 2001.  Appropriations for the year ending June 30, 
  2.12  1999, are in addition to appropriations made in previous years. 
  2.13                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.14             1999         2000          2001           TOTAL
  2.15  General              $120,762,000   $ 82,316,000   $203,078,000
  2.16  Airports               19,386,000     19,469,000     38,855,000 
  2.17  C.S.A.H.              360,063,000    366,624,000    726,687,000 
  2.18  Highway User           15,480,000     15,266,000     30,746,000 
  2.19  M.S.A.S.              105,549,000    107,394,000    212,943,000 
  2.20  Special Revenue           947,000        965,000      1,912,000 
  2.21  Trunk 
  2.22  Highway             1,045,948,000  1,055,307,000  2,101,255,000 
  2.23  TOTAL              $1,668,135,000 $1,647,341,000 $3,315,476,000 
  2.24                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.25                                         Available for the Year 
  2.26                                             Ending June 30 
  2.27                             1999           2000         2001 
  2.28  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.29  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.30  Appropriation                     $1,483,938,000 $1,481,088,000
  2.31  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.32  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.33  when another fund is named. 
  2.34                Summary by Fund
  2.35              1999       2000           2001 
  2.36  General             34,827,000     16,025,000
  2.37  Airports            19,336,000     19,419,000
  2.38  C.S.A.H.           360,063,000    366,624,000
  2.39  M.S.A.S.           105,549,000    107,394,000
  3.1   Trunk Highway      964,163,000    971,626,000
  3.2   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.3   appropriation for each program are 
  3.4   specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.5   Subd. 2.  Aeronautics                 19,327,000     19,410,000
  3.6                 Summary by Fund
  3.7   Airports             19,266,000     19,349,000
  3.8   General                  50,000         50,000 
  3.9   Trunk Highway            11,000         11,000
  3.10  Except as otherwise provided, the 
  3.11  appropriations in this subdivision are 
  3.12  from the state airports fund. 
  3.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.14  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.15  follows:  
  3.16  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  3.17        2000           2001
  3.18      13,948,000     13,948,000
  3.19  $12,846,000 the first year and 
  3.20  $12,846,000 the second year are for 
  3.21  navigational aids, construction grants, 
  3.22  and maintenance grants.  If the 
  3.23  appropriation for either year is 
  3.24  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  3.25  other year is available for it. 
  3.26  These appropriations must be spent in 
  3.27  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.28  section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.29  (b) Aviation Support 
  3.30       5,247,000      5,329,000
  3.31  $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  3.32  second year are for the civil air 
  3.33  patrol. 
  3.34  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  3.35         132,000        133,000 
  3.36                Summary by Fund
  3.37  Airports                 71,000         72,000
  3.38  General                  50,000         50,000
  3.39  Trunk Highway            11,000         11,000
  3.40  Subd. 3.  Transit                    15,746,000     15,764,000
  3.41                Summary by Fund
  3.42  General              15,422,000     15,432,000
  3.43  Trunk Highway           324,000        332,000
  3.44  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.1   appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.2   follows:  
  4.3   (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  4.4   Assistance 
  4.5       14,946,000    14,946,000
  4.6   This appropriation is from the general 
  4.7   fund.  Any unencumbered balance the 
  4.8   first year does not cancel but is 
  4.9   available for the second year. 
  4.10  (b) Transit Administration   
  4.11         800,000       818,000
  4.12                Summary by Fund
  4.13  General                 476,000       486,000
  4.14  Trunk Highway           324,000       332,000 
  4.15  Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways    3,173,000      1,565,000
  4.16                Summary by Fund
  4.17  General               1,909,000       266,000
  4.18  Trunk Highway         1,264,000     1,299,000 
  4.19  $1,500,000 the first year is from the 
  4.20  general fund for disbursement as port 
  4.21  development assistance under Minnesota 
  4.22  Statutes, chapter 457A.  This 
  4.23  appropriation may not be added to the 
  4.24  agency's budget base.  
  4.25  $150,000 the first year is from the 
  4.26  general fund for the development of the 
  4.27  southern railway corridor improvement 
  4.28  plan under section 30.  This 
  4.29  appropriation may not be added to the 
  4.30  agency's budget base. 
  4.31  Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation   2,550,000      2,616,000
  4.32                Summary by Fund
  4.33  General                 116,000       119,000
  4.34  Trunk Highway         2,434,000     2,497,000
  4.35  Subd. 6.  Local Roads   -0-       481,162,000    474,018,000
  4.36                Summary by Fund
  4.37  C.S.A.H.      -0-   360,063,000   366,624,000
  4.38  M.S.A.S.      -0-   105,549,000   107,394,000
  4.39  General       -0-    15,550,000       -0- 
  4.40  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.41  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.42  follows:  
  4.43  (a) County State Aids 
  4.44     360,063,000    366,624,000
  5.1   This appropriation is from the county 
  5.2   state-aid highway fund and is available 
  5.3   until spent.  
  5.4   (b) Municipal State Aids 
  5.5      105,549,000    107,394,000
  5.6   This appropriation is from the 
  5.7   municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  5.8   available until spent.  
  5.9   If an appropriation for either county 
  5.10  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  5.11  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  5.12  from which it is made in the year for 
  5.13  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  5.14  finance, upon request of the 
  5.15  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  5.16  notify the chair of the transportation 
  5.17  budget division of the senate and the 
  5.18  chair of the transportation budget 
  5.19  division of the house of 
  5.20  representatives of the amount of the 
  5.21  remainder and shall then add that 
  5.22  amount to the appropriation.  The 
  5.23  amount added is appropriated for the 
  5.24  purposes of county state aids or 
  5.25  municipal state aids, as appropriate.  
  5.26  (c) Technical Assistance 
  5.27  $10,000,000 the first year is from the 
  5.28  general fund for grants to political 
  5.29  subdivisions to replace and 
  5.30  rehabilitate deficient local bridges 
  5.31  and to match federal funds.  Political 
  5.32  subdivisions may use grants made under 
  5.33  this section to construct or 
  5.34  reconstruct bridges, including: 
  5.35  (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
  5.36  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
  5.37  (2) paying the costs to abandon an 
  5.38  existing bridge that is deficient and 
  5.39  in need of replacement, but where no 
  5.40  replacement will be made; 
  5.41  (3) paying the costs to construct a 
  5.42  road or street to facilitate the 
  5.43  abandonment of an existing bridge 
  5.44  determined by the commissioner to be 
  5.45  deficient, if the commissioner 
  5.46  determines that construction of the 
  5.47  road or street is more cost efficient 
  5.48  than the replacement of the existing 
  5.49  bridge; and 
  5.50  (4) paying the costs of preliminary 
  5.51  engineering and environmental studies. 
  5.52  This appropriation may not be added to 
  5.53  the agency's budget base. 
  5.54  The commissioner shall study and 
  5.55  determine the extent to which local 
  5.56  bridge needs that may be addressed by 
  5.57  state grants for the construction and 
  5.58  reconstruction of local bridges would 
  5.59  be affected by making the following 
  6.1   changes in eligibility for those grants:
  6.2   (1) allowing grants to be used for the 
  6.3   costs of flood-related erosion 
  6.4   protection; 
  6.5   (2) allowing grants to be used for 
  6.6   construction of water-retention 
  6.7   projects where such a project is more 
  6.8   cost efficient than replacement of an 
  6.9   existing bridge; 
  6.10  (3) allowing grants to be made for 
  6.11  bridges that are functionally obsolete; 
  6.12  and 
  6.13  (4) allowing grants to be used for 
  6.14  construction of bridges on new 
  6.15  alignments. 
  6.16  The commissioner shall report to the 
  6.17  legislature on the results of the study 
  6.18  by February 1, 2000. 
  6.19  (d) Turnback Accounts 
  6.20  $4,560,000 the first year is from the 
  6.21  general fund for transfer to the county 
  6.22  turnback account.  
  6.23  $990,000 the first year is from the 
  6.24  general fund for transfer to the 
  6.25  municipal turnback account. 
  6.26  This appropriation may not be added to 
  6.27  the agency's budget base. 
  6.28  Subd. 7.  State Roads                916,123,000    921,144,000
  6.29                Summary by Fund
  6.30  General              1,731,000        109,000
  6.31  Trunk Highway      914,392,000    921,035,000
  6.32  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.33  appropriation for each activity are as 
  6.34  follows:  
  6.35  (a) State Road Construction 
  6.36     521,219,000    521,238,000
  6.37  It is estimated that these 
  6.38  appropriations will be funded as 
  6.39  follows:  
  6.40  Federal Highway Aid 
  6.41     275,000,000    275,000,000
  6.42  Highway User Taxes 
  6.43     246,219,000    246,238,000
  6.44  The commissioner of transportation 
  6.45  shall notify the chair of the 
  6.46  transportation budget division of the 
  6.47  senate and chair of the transportation 
  6.48  budget division of the house of 
  6.49  representatives quarterly of any events 
  7.1   that should cause these estimates to 
  7.2   change. 
  7.3   This appropriation is for the actual 
  7.4   construction, reconstruction, and 
  7.5   improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  7.6   includes the cost of actual payment to 
  7.7   landowners for lands acquired for 
  7.8   highway rights-of-way, payment to 
  7.9   lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  7.10  relocation expenses. 
  7.11  The commissioner may transfer up to 
  7.12  $15,000,000 the first year and 
  7.13  $15,000,000 the second year to the 
  7.14  trunk highway revolving loan account. 
  7.15  The commissioner may receive money 
  7.16  covering other shares of the cost of 
  7.17  partnership projects.  These receipts 
  7.18  are appropriated to the commissioner 
  7.19  for these projects. 
  7.20  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  7.21  second year are for staff services to 
  7.22  the major transportation projects 
  7.23  commission established under section 
  7.24  29.  This appropriation may not be 
  7.25  added to the agency's budget base. 
  7.26  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  7.27      13,949,000     13,175,000
  7.28  $3,949,000 the first year and 
  7.29  $3,175,000 the second year are for 
  7.30  transfer to the state bond fund. 
  7.31  If this appropriation is insufficient 
  7.32  to make all transfers required in the 
  7.33  year for which it is made, the 
  7.34  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  7.35  the committee on state government 
  7.36  finance of the senate and the committee 
  7.37  on ways and means of the house of 
  7.38  representatives of the amount of the 
  7.39  deficiency and shall then transfer that 
  7.40  amount under the statutory open 
  7.41  appropriation.  
  7.42  Any excess appropriation must be 
  7.43  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  7.44  (c) Research and Investment Management 
  7.45      12,450,000     12,597,000
  7.46  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
  7.47  the second year are available for 
  7.48  grants for transportation studies 
  7.49  outside the metropolitan area to 
  7.50  identify critical concerns, problems, 
  7.51  and issues.  These grants are available 
  7.52  to (1) regional development 
  7.53  commissions, and (2) in regions where 
  7.54  no regional development commission is 
  7.55  functioning, joint powers boards 
  7.56  established under agreement of two or 
  7.57  more political subdivisions in the 
  7.58  region to exercise the planning 
  7.59  functions of a regional development 
  8.1   commission, and (3) in regions where no 
  8.2   regional development commission or 
  8.3   joint powers board is functioning, the 
  8.4   department's district office for that 
  8.5   region. 
  8.6   $216,000 the first year and $216,000 
  8.7   the second year are available for 
  8.8   grants to metropolitan planning 
  8.9   organizations outside the seven-county 
  8.10  metropolitan area. 
  8.11  $75,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
  8.12  second year are for transportation 
  8.13  planning relating to the 2000 census.  
  8.14  This appropriation may not be added to 
  8.15  the agency's budget base. 
  8.16  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  8.17  second year are for a transportation 
  8.18  research contingent account to finance 
  8.19  research projects that are reimbursable 
  8.20  from the federal government or from 
  8.21  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  8.22  for either year is insufficient, the 
  8.23  appropriation for the other year is 
  8.24  available for it. 
  8.25  (d) Central Engineering Services
  8.26      68,594,000     70,972,000
  8.27                Summary by Fund
  8.28  General                 100,000       100,000
  8.29  Trunk Highway        68,494,000    70,892,000
  8.30  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  8.31  the second year are from the general 
  8.32  fund for grants to the Minnesota 
  8.33  highway safety center at St. Cloud 
  8.34  State University for driver education. 
  8.35  (e) Design and Construction Engineering
  8.36      80,523,000     83,178,000
  8.37  $1,000,000 the first year and $500,000 
  8.38  the second year are for transportation 
  8.39  planning relating to the 2000 census.  
  8.40  This appropriation may not be added to 
  8.41  the agency's budget base. 
  8.42  (f) State Road Operations
  8.43     210,510,000    214,441,000
  8.44  $1,357,000 the first year and 
  8.45  $1,430,000 the second year are for 
  8.46  enhancements to the freeway operations 
  8.47  program in the metropolitan area. 
  8.48  $1,000,000 the first year and 
  8.49  $1,000,000 the second year are for 
  8.50  maintenance services including rest 
  8.51  area maintenance, vehicle insurance, 
  8.52  ditch assessments, and tort claims. 
  8.53  $1,000,000 the first year and 
  8.54  $1,000,000 the second year are for 
  9.1   improved highway striping. 
  9.2   $950,000 the first year and $950,000 
  9.3   the second year are for safety 
  9.4   technology applications. 
  9.5   $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  9.6   the second year are for statewide asset 
  9.7   preservation and repair. 
  9.8   $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
  9.9   the second year are for the 
  9.10  implementation of the transportation 
  9.11  worker concept. 
  9.12  The commissioner shall establish a task 
  9.13  force to study seasonal road 
  9.14  restrictions and report to the 
  9.15  legislature its findings and any 
  9.16  recommendations for legislative 
  9.17  action.  The commissioner shall appoint 
  9.18  members representing: 
  9.19  (1) aggregate and ready-mix producers; 
  9.20  (2) solid waste haulers; 
  9.21  (3) liquid waste haulers; 
  9.22  (4) the logging industry; 
  9.23  (5) the construction industry; and 
  9.24  (6) agricultural interests. 
  9.25  The task force shall report to the 
  9.26  legislature by February 1, 2000, on its 
  9.27  findings and recommendations. 
  9.28  (g) Electronic Communications
  9.29       8,878,000      5,543,000
  9.30                Summary by Fund
  9.31  General               1,631,000         9,000
  9.32  Trunk Highway         7,247,000     5,534,000
  9.33  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  9.34  second year are from the general fund 
  9.35  for equipment and operation of the 
  9.36  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  9.37  Woods weather broadcasting. 
  9.38  $1,622,000 from the general fund and 
  9.39  $1,622,000 from the trunk highway fund 
  9.40  the first year are for completion of 
  9.41  phase I of the 800 MHz public safety 
  9.42  radio system in the metropolitan area.  
  9.43  This appropriation may not be added to 
  9.44  the agency's budget base. 
  9.45  $200,000 the first year is from the 
  9.46  trunk highway fund for costs resulting 
  9.47  from the termination of agreements made 
  9.48  with commercial wireless service 
  9.49  providers under authority of Minnesota 
  9.50  Statutes, section 174.70, subdivision 
  9.51  2.  This appropriation does not cancel 
  9.52  but is available until spent. 
 10.1   In each year of the biennium the 
 10.2   commissioner shall request the 
 10.3   commissioner of administration to 
 10.4   request bids for the purchase of 
 10.5   digital mobile and portable radios to 
 10.6   be used on the metropolitan regional 
 10.7   public safety radio communications 
 10.8   system. 
 10.9   Subd. 8.  General Support             41,731,000     42,446,000
 10.10                Summary by Fund
 10.11  General                  49,000        49,000
 10.12  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
 10.13  Trunk Highway        41,612,000    42,327,000
 10.14  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 10.15  appropriation for each activity are as 
 10.16  follows:  
 10.17  (a) General Management       
 10.18      28,523,000     29,181,000
 10.19  The commissioner shall implement at the 
 10.20  earliest feasible date the 
 10.21  commissioner's technical memorandum no. 
 10.22  99-14-TS-02, outlining the process to 
 10.23  convert plans, specifications, and 
 10.24  estimates to the English system of 
 10.25  measurement.  The commissioner shall 
 10.26  report by January 15, 2000, to the 
 10.27  chairs of the house and senate 
 10.28  committees on transportation policy and 
 10.29  transportation finance on the status 
 10.30  and schedule of English measurement 
 10.31  conversion. 
 10.32  (b) General Services
 10.33      13,208,000     13,265,000
 10.34                Summary by Fund
 10.35  General                  49,000        49,000
 10.36  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
 10.37  Trunk Highway        13,089,000    13,146,000 
 10.38  If the appropriation for either year is 
 10.39  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.40  other year is available for it.  
 10.41  $2,500,000 the first year and 
 10.42  $2,500,000 the second year are from the 
 10.43  trunk highway fund for implementation 
 10.44  of the department's plan for shared 
 10.45  information resources. 
 10.46  Subd. 9.  Buildings                    4,126,000      4,125,000 
 10.47  If the appropriation for either year is 
 10.48  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.49  other year is available for it. 
 10.50  Subd. 10.  Transfers
 11.1   (a) The commissioner of transportation 
 11.2   with the approval of the commissioner 
 11.3   of finance may transfer unencumbered 
 11.4   balances among the appropriations from 
 11.5   the trunk highway fund and the state 
 11.6   airports fund made in this section.  No 
 11.7   transfer may be made from the 
 11.8   appropriation for state road 
 11.9   construction.  No transfer may be made 
 11.10  from the appropriations for debt 
 11.11  service to any other appropriation.  
 11.12  Transfers under this paragraph may not 
 11.13  be made between funds.  Transfers must 
 11.14  be reported immediately to the chair of 
 11.15  the transportation budget division of 
 11.16  the senate and the chair of the 
 11.17  transportation budget division of the 
 11.18  house of representatives.  
 11.19  (b) The commissioner of finance shall 
 11.20  transfer from the flexible account in 
 11.21  the county state-aid highway fund:  (1) 
 11.22  $4,400,000 the first year and 
 11.23  $4,500,000 the second year to the 
 11.24  municipal turnback account; and (2) 
 11.25  $5,000,000 the first year and 
 11.26  $5,000,000 the second year to the trunk 
 11.27  highway fund. 
 11.28  Subd. 11.  Use of State Road 
 11.29  Construction Appropriations 
 11.30  Any money appropriated to the 
 11.31  commissioner of transportation for 
 11.32  state road construction for any fiscal 
 11.33  year before fiscal year 2000 is 
 11.34  available to the commissioner during 
 11.35  fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to the 
 11.36  extent that the commissioner spends the 
 11.37  money on the state road construction 
 11.38  project for which the money was 
 11.39  originally encumbered during the fiscal 
 11.40  year for which it was appropriated. 
 11.41  The commissioner of transportation 
 11.42  shall report to the commissioner of 
 11.43  finance by August 1, 2000, and August 
 11.44  1, 2001, on a form the commissioner of 
 11.45  finance provides, on expenditures made 
 11.46  during the previous fiscal year that 
 11.47  are authorized by this subdivision. 
 11.48  Subd. 12.  Contingent Appropriation 
 11.49  The commissioner of transportation, 
 11.50  with the approval of the governor after 
 11.51  consultation with the legislative 
 11.52  advisory commission under Minnesota 
 11.53  Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer 
 11.54  all or part of the unappropriated 
 11.55  balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
 11.56  appropriation (1) for trunk highway 
 11.57  design, construction, or inspection in 
 11.58  order to take advantage of an 
 11.59  unanticipated receipt of income to the 
 11.60  trunk highway fund, (2) for trunk 
 11.61  highway maintenance in order to meet an 
 11.62  emergency, or (3) to pay tort or 
 11.63  environmental claims.  The amount 
 11.64  transferred is appropriated for the 
 11.65  purpose of the account to which it is 
 12.1   transferred. 
 12.2   Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL  
 12.3   TRANSIT                               54,951,000     54,951,000
 12.4   The council may not spend more than 
 12.5   $38,100,000 for metro mobility in the 
 12.6   2000-2001 biennium except for proceeds 
 12.7   from bond sales when use of those 
 12.8   proceeds for metro mobility capital 
 12.9   expenditures is authorized by law. 
 12.10  Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY
 12.11  Subdivision 1.  Total       
 12.12  Appropriation                        108,201,000    110,250,000 
 12.13                Summary by Fund
 12.14                         2000           2001 
 12.15  General             10,981,000     11,330,000
 12.16  Trunk
 12.17  Highway             80,918,000     82,814,000
 12.18  Highway User        15,355,000     15,141,000
 12.19  Special 
 12.20  Revenue                947,000        965,000
 12.21  Subd. 2.  Administration 
 12.22  and Related Services                  12,740,000     12,976,000
 12.23                Summary by Fund
 12.24  General               4,478,000      4,555,000
 12.25  Trunk Highway         6,877,000      7,036,000
 12.26  Highway User          1,385,000      1,385,000
 12.27  $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
 12.28  the second year are for payment of 
 12.29  public safety officer survivor benefits 
 12.30  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.31  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
 12.32  either year is insufficient, the 
 12.33  appropriation for the other year is 
 12.34  available for it. 
 12.35  $244,000 the first year and $314,000 
 12.36  the second year are to be deposited in 
 12.37  the public safety officer's benefit 
 12.38  account.  This money is available for 
 12.39  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 12.40  Statutes, section 299A.465. 
 12.41  $508,000 the first year and $508,000 
 12.42  the second year are for soft body armor 
 12.43  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 12.44  Statutes, section 299A.38.  
 12.45  $1,830,000 the first year and 
 12.46  $1,830,000 the second year are 
 12.47  appropriated from the general fund for 
 12.48  transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 12.49  to the trunk highway fund on December 
 12.50  31, 1999, and December 31, 2000, 
 12.51  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 12.52  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 13.1   related to the fund.  These represent 
 13.2   amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 13.3   highway fund for general fund purposes 
 13.4   in the administration and related 
 13.5   services program. 
 13.6   $610,000 the first year and $610,000 
 13.7   the second year are appropriated from 
 13.8   the highway user tax distribution fund 
 13.9   for transfer by the commissioner of 
 13.10  finance to the trunk highway fund on 
 13.11  December 31, 1999, and December 31, 
 13.12  2000, respectively, in order to 
 13.13  reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 13.14  expenses not related to the fund.  
 13.15  These represent amounts appropriated 
 13.16  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 13.17  highway user tax distribution fund 
 13.18  purposes in the administration and 
 13.19  related services program. 
 13.20  $716,000 the first year and $716,000 
 13.21  the second year are appropriated from 
 13.22  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 13.23  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 13.24  finance to the general fund on December 
 13.25  31, 1999, and December 31, 2000, 
 13.26  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 13.27  general fund for expenses not related 
 13.28  to the fund.  These represent amounts 
 13.29  appropriated out of the general fund 
 13.30  for operation of the criminal justice 
 13.31  data network related to driver and 
 13.32  motor vehicle licensing. 
 13.33  Subd. 3.  State Patrol                55,533,000     57,094,000
 13.34                Summary by Fund
 13.35  General              2,565,000      2,638,000
 13.36  Trunk Highway       52,877,000     54,364,000
 13.37  Highway User            91,000         92,000 
 13.38  Subd. 4.  Driver and
 13.39  Vehicle Services                      38,677,000     38,905,000
 13.40                Summary by Fund
 13.41  General              3,938,000      4,137,000
 13.42  Trunk Highway       20,860,000     21,104,000
 13.43  Highway User        13,879,000     13,664,000
 13.44  $45,000 the first year is from the 
 13.45  highway user tax distribution fund for 
 13.46  purchase of an optical scanner.  This 
 13.47  appropriation may not be added to the 
 13.48  agency's budget base. 
 13.49  $1,095,000 the first year and $800,000 
 13.50  the second year are from the trunk 
 13.51  highway fund for improved driver 
 13.52  testing services. 
 13.53  $548,000 the first year and $415,000 
 13.54  the second year are from the highway 
 13.55  user tax distribution fund for 
 13.56  increased vehicle license plate costs. 
 14.1   $98,000 the first year is from the 
 14.2   highway user tax distribution fund for 
 14.3   computer programming related to 
 14.4   disabled parking records management and 
 14.5   enforcement.  This amount may not be 
 14.6   added to the agency's budget base. 
 14.7   $33,00 the first year and $127,000 the 
 14.8   second year are from the general fund 
 14.9   for implementation of the vehicle 
 14.10  transfer reporting system under 
 14.11  sections 17 and 18. 
 14.12  Subd. 5.  Traffic Safety                 304,000        310,000
 14.13  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.14  highway fund. 
 14.15  Subd. 6.  Pipeline Safety                947,000        965,000
 14.16  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 14.17  safety account in the special revenue 
 14.18  fund. 
 14.19  Sec. 5.  MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL         67,000         67,000
 14.20  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.21  highway fund. 
 14.22  Sec. 6.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 14.23  ACCOUNTS                                 375,000       375,000
 14.24  The appropriations in this section may 
 14.25  only be spent with the approval of the 
 14.26  governor after consultation with the 
 14.27  legislative advisory commission 
 14.28  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 14.29  3.30. 
 14.30  If an appropriation in this section for 
 14.31  either year is insufficient, the 
 14.32  appropriation for the other year is 
 14.33  available for it.  
 14.34                Summary by Fund
 14.35  Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
 14.36  Highway User            125,000       125,000
 14.37  Airports                 50,000        50,000
 14.38  Sec. 7.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000       600,000
 14.39  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 14.40  finance.  
 14.41  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.42  highway fund. 
 14.43  If the appropriation for either year is 
 14.44  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 14.45  other year is available for it. 
 14.46  Sec. 8.  LEGISLATURE                       3,000        10,000
 14.47  This appropriation is from the general 
 14.48  fund for expenses of legislative 
 14.49  members of the major transportation 
 14.50  projects commission. 
 15.1   Sec. 9.  FINANCE                      20,000,000         -0-
 15.2   This appropriation is from the general 
 15.3   fund for transfer by the commissioner 
 15.4   of finance to the highway account in 
 15.5   the transportation revolving loan fund. 
 15.6      Sec. 10.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 15.7   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 15.8   Subd. 7.  State Roads    9,000,000   807,314,000    817,712,000
 15.9                           Summary by Fund
 15.10                    1997          1998           1999 
 15.11  General                          109,000        109,000
 15.12  Trunk Highway    9,000,000   807,205,000    817,603,000
 15.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 15.14  appropriation for each activity are as 
 15.15  follows:  
 15.16  (a) State Road Construction 
 15.17                   9,000,000   445,822,000    445,838,000
 15.18  It is estimated that these 
 15.19  appropriations will be funded as 
 15.20  follows:  
 15.21  Federal Highway Aid 
 15.22     225,000,000    225,000,000
 15.23  Highway User Taxes 
 15.24     220,822,000    220,838,000
 15.25  The commissioner of transportation 
 15.26  shall notify the chair of the 
 15.27  transportation budget division of the 
 15.28  senate and chair of the transportation 
 15.29  budget division of the house of 
 15.30  representatives quarterly of any events 
 15.31  that should cause these estimates to 
 15.32  change. 
 15.33  This appropriation is for the actual 
 15.34  construction, reconstruction, and 
 15.35  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
 15.36  includes the cost of actual payment to 
 15.37  landowners for lands acquired for 
 15.38  highway rights-of-way, payment to 
 15.39  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
 15.40  relocation expenses.  
 15.41  The appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
 15.42  is for state road construction and is 
 15.43  added to the appropriations in Laws 
 15.44  1995, chapter 265, article 2, section 
 15.45  2, subdivision 7, clause (a).  The 
 15.46  commissioner, with the approval of the 
 15.47  commissioner of finance, may spend up 
 15.48  to $7,100,000 of this appropriation for 
 15.49  state road operations for flood relief 
 15.50  efforts. 
 15.51  Of this appropriation, up to 
 16.1   $15,000,000 the first year and up to 
 16.2   $15,000,000 the second year may be 
 16.3   transferred by the commissioner to the 
 16.4   trunk highway revolving loan account if 
 16.5   this account is created in the trunk 
 16.6   highway fund. 
 16.7   The commissioner of transportation may 
 16.8   receive money covering other shares of 
 16.9   the cost of partnership projects.  
 16.10  These receipts are appropriated to the 
 16.11  commissioner for these projects. 
 16.12  Before proceeding with a project, or a 
 16.13  series of projects on a single highway, 
 16.14  with a cost exceeding $10,000,000, the 
 16.15  commissioner shall consider the 
 16.16  feasibility of alternative means of 
 16.17  financing the project or series of 
 16.18  projects, including but not limited to 
 16.19  congestion pricing, tolls, mileage 
 16.20  pricing, and public-private partnership.
 16.21  (b) Highway Debt Service 
 16.22      15,161,000     13,539,000
 16.23  $5,951,000 the first year and 
 16.24  $5,403,000 the second year are for 
 16.25  transfer to the state bond fund. 
 16.26  If this appropriation is insufficient 
 16.27  to make all transfers required in the 
 16.28  year for which it is made, the 
 16.29  commissioner of finance shall notify 
 16.30  the committee on state government 
 16.31  finance of the senate and the committee 
 16.32  on ways and means of the house of 
 16.33  representatives of the amount of the 
 16.34  deficiency and shall then transfer that 
 16.35  amount under the statutory open 
 16.36  appropriation.  
 16.37  Any excess appropriation must be 
 16.38  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
 16.39  (c) Research and Investment Management 
 16.40      11,606,000     11,791,000
 16.41  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
 16.42  the second year are available for 
 16.43  grants for transportation studies 
 16.44  outside the metropolitan area for 
 16.45  transportation studies to identify 
 16.46  critical concerns, problems, and 
 16.47  issues.  These grants are available to 
 16.48  (1) regional development commissions, 
 16.49  and (2) in regions where no regional 
 16.50  development commission is functioning, 
 16.51  joint-powers boards established under 
 16.52  agreement of two or more political 
 16.53  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
 16.54  the planning functions of a regional 
 16.55  development commission, and (3) in 
 16.56  regions where no regional development 
 16.57  commission or joint powers board is 
 16.58  functioning, the department's district 
 16.59  office for that region. 
 16.60  $216,000 the first year and $216,000 
 17.1   the second year are available for 
 17.2   grants to metropolitan planning 
 17.3   organizations outside the seven-county 
 17.4   metropolitan area. 
 17.5   $154,000 the first year and $181,000 
 17.6   the second year are for development of 
 17.7   an upgraded transportation information 
 17.8   system for making investment decisions. 
 17.9   $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 17.10  second year are for a transportation 
 17.11  research contingent account to finance 
 17.12  research projects that are reimbursable 
 17.13  from the federal government or from 
 17.14  other sources.  If the appropriation 
 17.15  for either year is insufficient, the 
 17.16  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.17  available for it. 
 17.18  (d) Central Engineering Services
 17.19      56,593,000     57,384,000
 17.20  Of these appropriations, $2,190,000 the 
 17.21  first year and $2,190,000 the second 
 17.22  year are for scientific equipment.  If 
 17.23  the appropriation for either year is 
 17.24  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 17.25  other year is available for it. 
 17.26  (e) Design and Construction Engineering
 17.27      69,445,000     70,879,000
 17.28  (f) State Road Operations
 17.29     202,431,000    205,503,000
 17.30                Summary by Fund
 17.31  General                 100,000       100,000
 17.32  Trunk Highway       202,331,000   205,403,000
 17.33  $11,689,000 the first year and 
 17.34  $11,689,000 the second year are for 
 17.35  road equipment.  If the appropriation 
 17.36  for either year is insufficient, the 
 17.37  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.38  available for it. 
 17.39  $805,000 each year is for the Orion 
 17.40  intelligent transportation system 
 17.41  research project. 
 17.42  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 17.43  the second year are from the general 
 17.44  fund for grants to the Minnesota 
 17.45  highway safety center at St. Cloud 
 17.46  State University for driver education. 
 17.47  (g) Electronic Communications
 17.48       6,256,000     12,778,000
 17.49                Summary by Fund
 17.50  General                   9,000         9,000
 17.51  Trunk Highway         6,247,000    12,769,000
 18.1   $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
 18.2   second year are from the general fund 
 18.3   for equipment and operation of the 
 18.4   Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
 18.5   Woods weather broadcasting. 
 18.6   $1,730,000 the first year and 
 18.7   $8,170,000 the second year are for the 
 18.8   purchase of ancillary equipment for the 
 18.9   800 MHz system and for personnel 
 18.10  necessary to develop, install, and 
 18.11  operate the system.  This appropriation 
 18.12  does not cancel but is available until 
 18.13  spent. 
 18.14     Sec. 11.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 18.15  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 18.16  Subd. 3.  State Patrol    226,000     51,215,000     51,717,000
 18.17                          Summary by Fund
 18.18                    1997          1998           1999 
 18.19  General           226,000      2,058,000      2,181,000
 18.20  Trunk Highway                 49,067,000     49,446,000
 18.21  Highway User                      90,000         90,000 
 18.22  The commissioner of finance shall 
 18.23  reduce the appropriations for the 
 18.24  division of state patrol from the trunk 
 18.25  highway fund and general fund as 
 18.26  necessary to reflect legislation 
 18.27  enacted in 1997 that (1) reduces state 
 18.28  contributions for pensions for 
 18.29  employees under the division of state 
 18.30  patrol from the trunk highway fund or 
 18.31  general fund, or (2) provides money for 
 18.32  those pensions from police state aid. 
 18.33  Of the appropriation for fiscal year 
 18.34  1997, $76,000 is for transfer to the 
 18.35  trunk highway fund and $150,000 is to 
 18.36  reimburse the state patrol for general 
 18.37  fund expenditures to cover the costs of 
 18.38  deploying state patrol troopers to the 
 18.39  city of Minneapolis to assist the city 
 18.40  in combating violent crime. 
 18.41  $600,000 the first year and $1,200,000 
 18.42  the second year from the trunk highway 
 18.43  fund are to implement wage increases 
 18.44  for state patrol troopers, trooper 1s, 
 18.45  and corporals.  The wage adjustments 
 18.46  are based on an internal Hay study 
 18.47  conducted by the department of employee 
 18.48  relations. 
 18.49  $1,675,000 the first year and $424,000 
 18.50  the second year from the trunk highway 
 18.51  fund and $93,000 the first year and 
 18.52  $22,000 the second year from the 
 18.53  general fund are for the development 
 18.54  and operational costs of computer-aided 
 18.55  dispatching, records management, and 
 18.56  station office automation systems. 
 18.57  $78,000 the first year and $78,000 the 
 19.1   second year from the general fund are 
 19.2   for additional capitol complex security 
 19.3   positions. 
 19.4   The commissioner of public safety shall 
 19.5   identify and implement measures to 
 19.6   increase the representation of females 
 19.7   and minorities in the state patrol so 
 19.8   that the trooper population more 
 19.9   accurately reflects the population 
 19.10  served by the state patrol.  These 
 19.11  measures must include: 
 19.12  (1) evaluation of hiring and training 
 19.13  programs to identify and eliminate any 
 19.14  biases against underutilized, protected 
 19.15  groups; 
 19.16  (2) expansion of outreach programs to 
 19.17  high schools to include informational 
 19.18  presentations on law enforcement 
 19.19  careers and law enforcement degree 
 19.20  programs; 
 19.21  (3) intensification of recruitment 
 19.22  efforts toward qualified members of 
 19.23  protected groups; 
 19.24  (4) provision of guidance and support 
 19.25  to students in law enforcement degree 
 19.26  programs; 
 19.27  (5) publication of employment 
 19.28  opportunities in newspapers with 
 19.29  substantial readership among protected 
 19.30  groups; and 
 19.31  (6) development of other innovative 
 19.32  ways to promote awareness, acceptance, 
 19.33  and appreciation for diversity and 
 19.34  affirmative action in the state patrol. 
 19.35  The commissioner shall report to the 
 19.36  senate transportation committee and the 
 19.37  house of representatives transportation 
 19.38  and transit committee by January 30, 
 19.39  1998, on the measures implemented, 
 19.40  results achieved, progress made in 
 19.41  reaching affirmative action goals, and 
 19.42  recommendations for future action. 
 19.43  When an otherwise qualified candidate 
 19.44  does not have the educational credits 
 19.45  to meet the current peace officer 
 19.46  standards and training board licensing 
 19.47  standards, the commissioner may provide 
 19.48  the financial resources to obtain the 
 19.49  education necessary to meet the 
 19.50  licensing requirements.  Of this 
 19.51  appropriation, $150,000 the second year 
 19.52  from the general fund is for assistance 
 19.53  to these otherwise qualified 
 19.54  individuals to prepare them for the 
 19.55  trooper candidate school beginning in 
 19.56  January 1999.  This appropriation does 
 19.57  not cancel but is available until spent.
 19.58     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 121A.36, 
 19.59  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 20.1      Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] (a) All funds in the motorcycle 
 20.2   safety fund created by section 171.06, subdivision 2a, are 
 20.3   hereby annually appropriated to the commissioner of public 
 20.4   safety to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.  The 
 20.5   commissioner of public safety may make grants from the fund to 
 20.6   the commissioner of children, families, and learning at such 
 20.7   times and in such amounts as the commissioner deems necessary to 
 20.8   carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.  
 20.9      (b) Of the money appropriated under paragraph (a): 
 20.10     (1) In each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999, not more 
 20.11  than $25,000, and in subsequent years not more than five 
 20.12  percent, shall be expended to defray the administrative costs of 
 20.13  carrying out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.; and 
 20.14     (2) In each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999, not more 
 20.15  than 65 percent, and in subsequent years not more than 60 
 20.16  percent, shall be expended for the combined purpose of training 
 20.17  and coordinating the activities of motorcycle safety instructors 
 20.18  and making reimbursements to schools and other approved 
 20.19  organizations. 
 20.20     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.021, 
 20.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 20.22     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN OF PLATES; FURNISHING BY REGISTRAR.] The 
 20.23  registrar of motor vehicles shall design and furnish two license 
 20.24  number plates with attached emblems to each eligible owner.  The 
 20.25  emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, 
 20.26  as designated in section 16B.61, subdivision 5, approximately 
 20.27  three inches square.  The emblem must be large enough to be 
 20.28  visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet.  An applicant 
 20.29  eligible for the special plates shall pay the motor vehicle 
 20.30  registration fee authorized by law less a credit of $1 for each 
 20.31  month registered. 
 20.32     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.17, is 
 20.33  amended to read: 
 20.34     168.17 [SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION.] 
 20.35     All registrations and issue of number plates shall be 
 20.36  subject to amendment, suspension, modification or revocation by 
 21.1   the registrar summarily for any violation of or neglect to 
 21.2   comply with the provisions of this chapter or when the 
 21.3   transferee fails to comply with section 168A.10, subdivision 2, 
 21.4   within 30 days of the date of sale.  In any case where the 
 21.5   proper registration of a motor vehicle is dependent upon 
 21.6   procuring information entailing such delay as to unreasonably 
 21.7   deprive the owner of the use of the motor vehicle, the registrar 
 21.8   may issue a tax receipt and plates conditionally.  In any case 
 21.9   when revoking a registration for cause, the registrar shall have 
 21.10  authority to demand the return of the number plates and 
 21.11  registration certificates, and, if necessary, to seize the 
 21.12  number plates issued for such registration. 
 21.13     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.301, 
 21.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 21.15     Subd. 3.  [LATE FEE.] In addition to any fee or tax 
 21.16  otherwise authorized or imposed upon the transfer of title for a 
 21.17  motor vehicle, the commissioner of public safety shall impose a 
 21.18  $2 additional fee for failure to deliver a title transfer within 
 21.19  14 10 days. 
 21.20     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.301, 
 21.21  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 21.22     Subd. 4.  [REINSTATEMENT FEE.] When the commissioner has 
 21.23  suspended license plates on a vehicle because the transferee has 
 21.24  failed to deliver file the title certificate within ten 30 days 
 21.25  as provided in subdivision 1, the transferee shall pay a $5 $10 
 21.26  fee before the registration is reinstated. 
 21.27     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.05, 
 21.28  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 21.29     Subd. 5.  [ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF TITLE FORMS.] (a) The 
 21.30  certificate of title shall contain forms: 
 21.31     (1) for assignment and warranty of title by the owner, and 
 21.32  for; 
 21.33     (2) for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, and 
 21.34  shall contain forms for applications; 
 21.35     (3) to apply for a certificate of title by a transferee, 
 21.36  and the naming of; 
 22.1      (4) to name a secured party, and shall include; and 
 22.2      (5) language necessary to implement to make the disclosure 
 22.3   required by section 325F.6641.  
 22.4      (b) The certificate of title must also include a separate 
 22.5   detachable postcard entitled "Notice of Sale" that contains, but 
 22.6   is not limited to, the vehicle's title number and vehicle 
 22.7   identification number.  The postcard must include sufficient 
 22.8   space for the owner to record the purchaser's name, address, and 
 22.9   driver's license number, if any, and the date of sale.  The 
 22.10  Notice of Sale must include clear instructions regarding the 
 22.11  owner's responsibility to complete and return the form, or to 
 22.12  transmit the required information electronically in a form 
 22.13  acceptable to the commissioner, pursuant to section 168A.10, 
 22.14  subdivision 1. 
 22.15     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 22.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 22.17     Subdivision 1.  [ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF TITLE; MILEAGE; 
 22.18  NOTICE OF SALE.] If an owner transfers interest in a vehicle 
 22.19  other than by the creation of a security interest, the owner 
 22.20  shall at the time of the delivery of the vehicle execute an 
 22.21  assignment and warranty of title to the transferee and shall 
 22.22  state the actual selling price in the space provided therefor on 
 22.23  the certificate.  Within ten days of the date of sale, other 
 22.24  than a sale by or to a licensed motor vehicle dealer, the owner 
 22.25  shall:  (1) complete, detach, and return to the department the 
 22.26  postcard on the certificate entitled "Notice of Sale," if one is 
 22.27  provided, including the transferee's name, address, and driver's 
 22.28  license number, if any, and the date of sale; or (2) transmit 
 22.29  this information electronically in a form acceptable to the 
 22.30  commissioner.  With respect to motor vehicles subject to the 
 22.31  provisions of section 325E.15, the transferor shall also, in the 
 22.32  space provided therefor on the certificate, state the true 
 22.33  cumulative mileage registered on the odometer or that the actual 
 22.34  mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the 
 22.35  transferor to be different from the true mileage.  The 
 22.36  transferor shall cause the certificate and assignment to be 
 23.1   delivered to the transferee immediately. 
 23.2      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 23.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 23.4      Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION FOR NEW CERTIFICATE.] Except as 
 23.5   provided in section 168A.11, the transferee shall, within ten 
 23.6   days after assignment to the transferee of the vehicle title 
 23.7   certificate, execute the application for a new certificate of 
 23.8   title in the space provided therefor on the certificate, and 
 23.9   cause the certificate of title to be mailed or delivered to the 
 23.10  department.  Failure of the transferee to comply with this 
 23.11  subdivision shall result in the suspension of the vehicle's 
 23.12  registration under section 168.17. 
 23.13     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.10, 
 23.14  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 23.15     Subd. 5.  [COMPLIANCE REMOVES LIABILITY AFTER DELIVERY.] 
 23.16  Except as provided in section 168A.11 and as between the 
 23.17  parties, a transfer by an owner is not effective until the 
 23.18  provisions of this section have been complied with; however, an 
 23.19  owner who has delivered possession of the vehicle to the 
 23.20  transferee and has complied, or within 48 hours after such 
 23.21  delivery does comply, with the provisions of this section 
 23.22  requiring action by the owner is not liable as owner for any 
 23.23  damages resulting from operation of the vehicle after the 
 23.24  delivery of the vehicle to the transferee.  An owner is not 
 23.25  liable who has complied with the provisions of this section 
 23.26  except for completing and returning the Notice of Sale or 
 23.27  transmitting the required information electronically under 
 23.28  subdivision 1. 
 23.29     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.30, 
 23.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 23.31     Subd. 2.  [WILLFUL OR FRAUDULENT ACTS; FAILURE TO NOTIFY.] 
 23.32  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: 
 23.33     (1) with fraudulent intent permits another, not entitled 
 23.34  thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; 
 23.35     (2) willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of 
 23.36  title to the department within the time required by sections 
 24.1   168A.01 to 168A.31; 
 24.2      (3) willfully fails to deliver to the transferee a 
 24.3   certificate of title within ten days after the time required by 
 24.4   sections 168A.01 to 168A.31; 
 24.5      (4) commits a fraud in any application for a certificate of 
 24.6   title; 
 24.7      (5) fails to notify the department of any fact as required 
 24.8   by sections 168A.01 to 168A.31, except for the facts included in 
 24.9   the Notice of Sale described in section 168A.10, subdivision 1; 
 24.10  or 
 24.11     (6) willfully violates any other provision of sections 
 24.12  168A.01 to 168A.31 except as otherwise provided in sections 
 24.13  168A.01 to 168A.31. 
 24.14     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.345, 
 24.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 24.16     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF PRIVILEGE.] (a) A vehicle that 
 24.17  prominently displays the certificate authorized by this section 
 24.18  or that bears license plates issued under section 168.021, may 
 24.19  be parked by or solely for the benefit of a physically disabled 
 24.20  person: 
 24.21     (1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as 
 24.22  provided in section 169.346; and 
 24.23     (2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay 
 24.24  the meter fee and without time restrictions unless time 
 24.25  restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and 
 24.26     (3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where 
 24.27  parking is otherwise allowed for passenger vehicles but 
 24.28  restricted to a maximum period of time.  
 24.29  A person may park a vehicle for a physically disabled person in 
 24.30  a parking space described in clause (1) or (2) only when 
 24.31  actually transporting the physically disabled person for the 
 24.32  sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within 
 24.33  a reasonable distance from the drop-off point. 
 24.34     (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is 
 24.35  prominently displayed if it is displayed so that it may be 
 24.36  viewed from the front and rear of the vehicle by hanging it from 
 25.1   the rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the 
 25.2   vehicle.  If there is no rearview mirror or if the certificate 
 25.3   holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the 
 25.4   mirror, the placard must be displayed on the dashboard on the 
 25.5   driver's side of the vehicle.  No part of the certificate may be 
 25.6   obscured. 
 25.7      (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1) and, (2), 
 25.8   and (3), this section does not permit parking in areas 
 25.9   prohibited by sections 169.32 and 169.34, in designated no 
 25.10  parking spaces, or in parking spaces reserved for specified 
 25.11  purposes or vehicles.  A local governmental unit may, by 
 25.12  ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create a 
 25.13  fire lane, or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning and 
 25.14  afternoon rush hours and these ordinances also apply to 
 25.15  physically disabled persons. 
 25.16     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.345, 
 25.17  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 25.18     Subd. 3.  [IDENTIFYING CERTIFICATE.] (a) The division of 
 25.19  driver and vehicle services in the department of public safety 
 25.20  shall issue (1) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 
 25.21  days, if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under 
 25.22  this paragraph, and (2) a special identifying certificate for a 
 25.23  motor vehicle when a physically disabled applicant submits proof 
 25.24  of physical disability under subdivision 2a.  The commissioner 
 25.25  shall design separate certificates for persons with permanent 
 25.26  and temporary disabilities that can be readily distinguished 
 25.27  from each other from outside a vehicle at a distance of 25 
 25.28  feet.  The certificate is valid for six years, if the disability 
 25.29  is specified in the physician's or chiropractor's statement as 
 25.30  permanent, and is valid for a period not to exceed six months, 
 25.31  if the disability is specified as temporary. 
 25.32     (b) When the commissioner is satisfied that a motor vehicle 
 25.33  is used primarily for the purpose of transporting physically 
 25.34  disabled persons, the division may issue without charge (1) 
 25.35  immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days, if the 
 25.36  operator is eligible for the certificate issued under this 
 26.1   paragraph, and (2) a special identifying certificate for the 
 26.2   vehicle.  The operator of a vehicle displaying the certificate 
 26.3   or temporary permit has the parking privileges provided in 
 26.4   subdivision 1 only while the vehicle is actually in use for 
 26.5   transporting physically disabled persons.  The certificate 
 26.6   issued to a person transporting physically disabled persons must 
 26.7   be renewed every third year.  On application and renewal, the 
 26.8   person must present evidence that the vehicle continues to be 
 26.9   used for transporting physically disabled persons.  When the 
 26.10  commissioner of public safety issues commercial certificates to 
 26.11  an organization, the commissioner shall require documentation 
 26.12  satisfactory to the commissioner from each organization that 
 26.13  procedures and controls have been implemented to ensure that the 
 26.14  parking privileges available under this section will not be 
 26.15  abused.  
 26.16     (c) A certificate must be made of plastic or similar 
 26.17  durable material and must bear its expiration date prominently 
 26.18  on both sides.  A certificate issued prior to January 1, 1994, 
 26.19  must bear its expiration date prominently on its face and will 
 26.20  remain valid until that date or December 31, 2000, whichever 
 26.21  shall come first.  A certificate issued to a temporarily 
 26.22  disabled person must display the date of expiration of the 
 26.23  duration of the disability, as determined under paragraph (a).  
 26.24  Each applicant must be provided a summary of the parking 
 26.25  privileges and restrictions that apply to each vehicle for which 
 26.26  the certificate is used.  The commissioner may charge a fee of 
 26.27  $5 for issuance or renewal of a certificate or temporary permit, 
 26.28  and a fee of $5 for a duplicate to replace a lost, stolen, or 
 26.29  damaged certificate or temporary permit.  The commissioner shall 
 26.30  not charge a fee for issuing a certificate to a person who has 
 26.31  paid a fee for issuance of a temporary permit.  The commissioner 
 26.32  shall not issue more than three replacement certificates within 
 26.33  any six-year period without the approval of the council on 
 26.34  disability.  
 26.35     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.345, 
 26.36  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 27.1      Subd. 4.  [UNAUTHORIZED USE; REVOCATION; MISDEMEANOR.] If a 
 27.2   peace officer, authorized parking enforcement employee or agent 
 27.3   of a statutory or home rule charter city or town, or authorized 
 27.4   agent of the citizen enforcement program finds that the 
 27.5   certificate or temporary permit is being improperly used, the 
 27.6   officer, municipal employee, or agent shall report the violation 
 27.7   to the division of driver and vehicle services in the department 
 27.8   of public safety and the commissioner of public safety may 
 27.9   revoke the certificate or temporary permit.  A person who uses 
 27.10  the certificate or temporary permit in violation of this section 
 27.11  is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of $500. 
 27.12     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.346, 
 27.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 27.14     Subd. 3.  [MISDEMEANOR; ENFORCEMENT.] A person who violates 
 27.15  subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not 
 27.16  less than $100 or more than $200.  This subdivision shall be 
 27.17  enforced in the same manner as parking ordinances or regulations 
 27.18  in the governmental subdivision in which the violation occurs.  
 27.19  Law enforcement officers have the authority to tag vehicles 
 27.20  parked on either private or public property in violation of 
 27.21  subdivision 1.  Parking enforcement employees or agents of 
 27.22  statutory or home rule charter cities or towns have the 
 27.23  authority to tag or otherwise issue citations for vehicles 
 27.24  parked on public property in violation of subdivision 1.  If a 
 27.25  holder of a disability certificate or disability plates allows a 
 27.26  person who is not otherwise eligible to use the certificate or 
 27.27  plates, then the holder shall not be eligible to be issued or to 
 27.28  use a disability certificate or plates for 12 months after the 
 27.29  date of violation.  A physically disabled person, or a person 
 27.30  parking a vehicle for a disabled person, who is charged with 
 27.31  violating subdivision 1 because the person parked in a parking 
 27.32  space for physically disabled persons without the required 
 27.33  certificate, license plates, or temporary permit shall not be 
 27.34  convicted if the person produces in court or before the court 
 27.35  appearance the required certificate, temporary permit, or 
 27.36  evidence that the person has been issued license plates under 
 28.1   section 168.021, and demonstrates entitlement to the 
 28.2   certificate, plates, or temporary permit at the time of arrest 
 28.3   or tagging. 
 28.4      Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.346, is 
 28.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 28.6      Subd. 5.  [LOCAL ORDINANCE; LONG-TERM PARKING.] A statutory 
 28.7   or home rule charter city may enact an ordinance establishing a 
 28.8   permit program for long-term parking. 
 28.9      Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.061, 
 28.10  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 28.11     Subd. 4.  [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and 
 28.12  retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application.  Except as 
 28.13  provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses 
 28.14  involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the 
 28.15  department the applications and fees required under sections 
 28.16  171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
 28.17  171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a. 
 28.18     (b) An agent with photo identification equipment provided 
 28.19  by the department before January 1, 1999, may retain the photo 
 28.20  identification equipment until the agent's appointment 
 28.21  terminates.  The department shall maintain the photo 
 28.22  identification equipment for these agents.  An agent appointed 
 28.23  before January 1, 1999, who does not have photo identification 
 28.24  equipment provided by the department, and any new agent 
 28.25  appointed after December 31, 1998, shall procure and maintain 
 28.26  photo identification equipment.  Upon the retirement, 
 28.27  resignation, death, or discontinuance of an existing agent, and 
 28.28  if a new agent is appointed in an existing office pursuant to 
 28.29  Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or 
 28.30  Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide 
 28.31  and maintain photo identification equipment without additional 
 28.32  cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the department 
 28.33  provided the equipment before December 31, 1998.  All photo 
 28.34  identification equipment must be compatible with standards 
 28.35  established by the department. 
 28.36     (c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county 
 29.1   board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the 
 29.2   general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an 
 29.3   employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of 
 29.4   county employment or salary and is considered an independent 
 29.5   contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota 
 29.6   state retirement system, or membership in the public employees 
 29.7   retirement association. 
 29.8      (d) Before the end of the first working day following the 
 29.9   final day of the reporting period established by the department, 
 29.10  the agent must forward to the department all applications and 
 29.11  fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in 
 29.12  paragraph (c). 
 29.13     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.07, 
 29.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 29.15     Subd. 3.  [IDENTIFICATION CARD; FEE.] (a) Upon payment of 
 29.16  the required fee, the department shall issue to every applicant 
 29.17  therefor a Minnesota identification card.  The department may 
 29.18  not issue a Minnesota identification card to a person who has a 
 29.19  driver's license, other than an instruction permit or a limited 
 29.20  license.  The card must bear a distinguishing number assigned to 
 29.21  the applicant, a colored photograph or an electronically 
 29.22  produced image, the full name, date of birth, residence address, 
 29.23  a description of the applicant in the manner as the commissioner 
 29.24  deems necessary, and a space upon which the applicant shall 
 29.25  write the usual signature and the date of birth of the applicant 
 29.26  with pen and ink.  Each identification card issued to an 
 29.27  applicant under the age of 21 must be of a distinguishing color 
 29.28  and plainly marked "Under-21." 
 29.29     (b) Each Minnesota identification card must be plainly 
 29.30  marked "Minnesota identification card - not a driver's license." 
 29.31     (c) The fee for a Minnesota identification card is 50 cents 
 29.32  when issued to:  a person who is mentally retarded, as defined 
 29.33  in section 252A.02, subdivision 2, or to; a physically disabled 
 29.34  person, as defined in section 169.345, subdivision 2, is 50 
 29.35  cents; or, a person with mental illness, as described in section 
 29.36  245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c). 
 30.1      Sec. 29.  [174.19] [PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS.] 
 30.2      Specifications issued by the commissioner of transportation 
 30.3   relating to the procurement of underground fuel storage tanks by 
 30.4   the department of transportation and used by the department must 
 30.5   be written in such a way that they include all types of 
 30.6   fiberglass and steel underground storage tanks that have been 
 30.7   approved by the Minnesota pollution control agency and the 
 30.8   United States Environmental Protection Agency for underground 
 30.9   storage of fuel, or meet the standards for tank approval 
 30.10  established by those agencies. 
 30.11     Sec. 30.  [174.55] [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
 30.12  COMMISSION.] 
 30.13     Subdivision 1.  [CREATION AND PURPOSE.] A major 
 30.14  transportation projects commission is created to set priorities 
 30.15  among proposed major transportation projects in which the 
 30.16  department of transportation is involved and report these 
 30.17  priorities to the governor and to the legislature. 
 30.18     Subd. 2.  [COMPOSITION.] The major transportation projects 
 30.19  commission is composed of the governor; three citizen members 
 30.20  appointed by the governor and serving at the pleasure of the 
 30.21  governor; five senators appointed by the subcommittee on 
 30.22  committees of the committee on rules and administration, two of 
 30.23  whom must not be members of the senate majority party; and five 
 30.24  members of the house of representatives appointed by the 
 30.25  speaker, two of whom must not be members of the house majority 
 30.26  party.  The commissioner of transportation shall serve as a 
 30.27  nonvoting member.  The commission shall elect a chair from among 
 30.28  its members.  Nongovernment members of the commission shall 
 30.29  receive compensation in accordance with section 15.059, 
 30.30  subdivision 3. 
 30.31     Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] The major transportation projects 
 30.32  commission shall review reports submitted under subdivision 4.  
 30.33  The commission shall recommend approval, approval with 
 30.34  modifications, or disapproval of each project included in the 
 30.35  reports of the commissioner of transportation and shall 
 30.36  enumerate approved major transportation projects in 
 31.1   chronological order of priority.  The commission shall submit a 
 31.2   major transportation projects program to the governor or 
 31.3   governor-elect, the legislature, and the transportation 
 31.4   committees of the house of representatives and the senate no 
 31.5   later than September 30 of each year. 
 31.6      Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER REPORT.] The commissioner of 
 31.7   transportation shall report to the commission not later than 
 31.8   July 15 of each year.  The report must consist of a listing of 
 31.9   candidate projects for enumeration that meet the criteria of 
 31.10  major transportation projects within the definition in 
 31.11  subdivision 5, and a listing of proposed projects for study that 
 31.12  the commissioner believes have the potential of being major 
 31.13  transportation projects but do not have draft environmental 
 31.14  impact statements. 
 31.15     Subd. 5.  [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.] A major 
 31.16  transportation project is a project that meets each of the 
 31.17  following criteria: 
 31.18     (1) involves the department of transportation; 
 31.19     (2) has a total cost of more than $5,000,000; 
 31.20     (3) is a critical element of the transportation system of 
 31.21  its region and the state; and 
 31.22     (4) has a completed draft environmental impact statement. 
 31.23     Subd. 6.  [CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.] The 
 31.24  department may not construct a major transportation project 
 31.25  without first submitting the project to the major transportation 
 31.26  projects commission and receiving specific legislative 
 31.27  authorization.  Legislative authorization for the construction 
 31.28  of major transportation projects may not include any projects 
 31.29  that have not been recommended in a report of the major 
 31.30  transportation projects commission.  Within any six-year period, 
 31.31  the department may not construct a transportation project 
 31.32  consisting of separate contiguous projects that do not 
 31.33  individually qualify as major transportation projects, but which 
 31.34  in their entirety would constitute a major transportation 
 31.35  project, without first submitting the project to the major 
 31.36  transportation projects commission for its recommendations and 
 32.1   report and without specific legislative authorization. 
 32.2      Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 174.70, is 
 32.3   amended to read: 
 32.4      174.70 [PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.] 
 32.5      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.] The 
 32.6   commissioner of transportation may exercise the powers granted 
 32.7   in this chapter and in sections 473.891 to 473.905, to plan and 
 32.8   implement the communications system as provided in sections 
 32.9   473.891 to 473.905. 
 32.10     Subd. 2.  [IMPLEMENTATION.] In order to facilitate 
 32.11  construction of the initial backbone of the communications 
 32.12  system described in subdivision 1, the commissioner shall, by 
 32.13  purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or other means, obtain sites 
 32.14  for the erection of towers and the location of equipment and 
 32.15  shall construct buildings and structures needed for the system.  
 32.16  The commissioner may negotiate with commercial wireless service 
 32.17  providers to obtain sites, towers, and equipment.  
 32.18  Notwithstanding sections 161.433, 161.434, 161.45, and 161.46, 
 32.19  the commissioner may by agreement allow commercial wireless 
 32.20  service providers to install privately owned equipment on 
 32.21  state-owned lands, buildings, and other structures under the 
 32.22  jurisdiction of the commissioner when it is practical and 
 32.23  feasible to do so.  The commissioner shall charge a site use fee 
 32.24  for the value of the property or structure made available.  In 
 32.25  lieu of a site use fee, the commissioner may make agreements 
 32.26  with commercial wireless service providers to place state 
 32.27  equipment on privately owned towers and may accept (1) 
 32.28  improvements to state-owned public safety communications 
 32.29  facilities or real or personal property, or (2) services 
 32.30  provided by a commercial wireless service provider. 
 32.31     Subd. 3.  [DEPOSIT OF FEES; APPROPRIATION.] Fees collected 
 32.32  under subdivision 2 must be deposited in the trunk highway 
 32.33  fund.  The fees so collected are appropriated to the 
 32.34  commissioner to pay for the commissioner's share and state 
 32.35  patrol's share of the costs of constructing and maintaining the 
 32.36  communication system sites. 
 33.1      Sec. 32.  [219.445] [SOUTHERN RAIL CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT 
 33.2   PLAN.] 
 33.3      Subdivision 1.  [CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.] The commissioner of 
 33.4   transportation shall develop a corridor improvement plan for 
 33.5   grade crossings intersecting or crossing the railway 
 33.6   right-of-way in the railway corridor that runs east to west 
 33.7   across southern Minnesota within all of the counties of Winona, 
 33.8   Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Blue Earth, Brown, Redwood, 
 33.9   Lyon, and Lincoln. 
 33.10     Subd. 2.  [GRADE CROSSING RECOMMENDATIONS.] (a) The 
 33.11  corridor improvement plan must include crossing-by-crossing 
 33.12  assessments based on ten-year and 20-year projections of train 
 33.13  and vehicle volumes that will identify minimum improvements 
 33.14  necessary at crossings with moderate levels of exposure, 
 33.15  consistent with rules adopted by the commissioner.  The plan 
 33.16  must include identification of all crossings that are candidates 
 33.17  for grade separations where levels of exposure exceed 300,000, 
 33.18  or crossings that meet the criteria identified in the rules 
 33.19  adopted by the commissioner.  For purposes of this section, 
 33.20  "levels of exposure" means average daily vehicle traffic 
 33.21  multiplied by the number of trains per day at a crossing.  
 33.22     (b) In cities where the department has identified multiple 
 33.23  grade separation candidates the plan must include a strategy 
 33.24  that identifies the appropriate mix of safety improvements at 
 33.25  all crossings in the city and that considers optimal locations 
 33.26  for grade separations, crossing consolidations, and other grade 
 33.27  crossing safety improvements and traffic routing options. 
 33.28     (c) The department shall consider crossings that are 
 33.29  candidates for closure, consistent with rules adopted by the 
 33.30  commissioner governing the vacating of a grade crossing. 
 33.31     (d) When community plans have been developed by the 
 33.32  affected railroad company and local governing bodies, the 
 33.33  department shall review the community plans for compliance with 
 33.34  the department's minimum criteria for necessary crossing 
 33.35  improvements at all public crossings as identified in the 
 33.36  commissioner's rules.  The agreed-to community plans take 
 34.1   precedence over the elements of the corridor improvement plan. 
 34.2      Subd. 3.  [LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RAILROAD COMPANY 
 34.3   PARTICIPATION; FEDERAL REVIEW.] (a) The commissioner shall 
 34.4   provide an opportunity for an affected railroad company or local 
 34.5   governing body to participate in developing the corridor 
 34.6   improvement plan.  The commissioner shall allow an affected 
 34.7   local governing body the opportunity to review the corridor 
 34.8   improvement plan before executing an agreement for grade 
 34.9   crossing improvements in the corridor improvement plan between 
 34.10  the department and the railroad company and before forwarding 
 34.11  the plan to the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB).  
 34.12     (b) Paragraph (a) does not preclude the department from 
 34.13  providing comments or information related to the railway 
 34.14  corridor improvement project to the STB or any other governing 
 34.15  body related to construction activities or environmental impact 
 34.16  statement preparation.  
 34.17     Subd. 4.  [FINAL PLAN; HOLD HARMLESS.] (a) The final plan 
 34.18  must be submitted to any affected area transportation 
 34.19  partnership, local unit of government, and railroad company 
 34.20  within the corridor area in order to provide future grade 
 34.21  crossing safety improvement planning guidance.  
 34.22     (b) Unless otherwise specifically agreed to as part of the 
 34.23  plan, the development of a corridor improvement plan does not 
 34.24  bind the state or any local government unit to a specific 
 34.25  implementation timetable or to funding the cost of proposed 
 34.26  recommended safety upgrades. 
 34.27     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 299A.01, is 
 34.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 34.29     Subd. 1b.  [DEPARTMENT ADVERTISING SALES; 
 34.30  APPROPRIATION.] The commissioner may accept paid advertising for 
 34.31  departmental publications.  Advertising revenues received are 
 34.32  appropriated to the commissioner to be used to defray costs of 
 34.33  publications, media productions, or other informational 
 34.34  materials.  The commissioner may not accept paid advertising 
 34.35  from an elected official or candidate for elective office. 
 34.36     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 360.55, 
 35.1   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 35.2      Subd. 4.  [COLLECTOR'S CLASSIC AIRCRAFT; PIONEER LICENSE 
 35.3   SPECIAL PLATES.] Any (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
 35.4   "classic aircraft" means an aircraft constructed by the original 
 35.5   manufacturer, or its licensee, on or before December 31, 1945. 
 35.6      (b) If a classic aircraft built by the original 
 35.7   manufacturer prior to December 31, 1939, and is owned and 
 35.8   operated solely as a collector's item shall be listed, its owner 
 35.9   may list it for taxation and registration as follows:  A sworn 
 35.10  affidavit shall be executed stating the name and address of the 
 35.11  owner, the name and address of the person from whom purchased, 
 35.12  the make of the aircraft, year and model number of the aircraft, 
 35.13  the federal aircraft registration number, the manufacturer's 
 35.14  identification number and that the aircraft is owned and 
 35.15  operated solely as a collector's item and not for general 
 35.16  transportation or commercial operations purposes.  The affidavit 
 35.17  shall be filed with the commissioner along with a fee of $25. 
 35.18     (c) Upon satisfaction that the affidavit is true and 
 35.19  correct, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant special 
 35.20  number plates, decalcomania labels or stamps bearing the 
 35.21  inscription "Pioneer", words "Classic" and "Minnesota" and the 
 35.22  registration number but no date.  The special number plates, 
 35.23  decalcomania labels or stamps are valid without renewal as long 
 35.24  as the owner operates the aircraft solely as a collector's item. 
 35.25     (d) Should such a classic aircraft be operated other than 
 35.26  as a collector's item, the pioneer special number plates, 
 35.27  decalcomania labels or stamps shall be void and removed, and the 
 35.28  owner shall list the aircraft for taxation and registration in 
 35.29  accordance with the other provisions of sections 360.511 to 
 35.30  360.67.  
 35.31     (e) Upon the sale of such a classic aircraft, the new owner 
 35.32  must list the aircraft for taxation and registration in 
 35.33  accordance with the provisions of this subdivision (, including 
 35.34  the payment of a $25 fee) to obtain new special plates or 
 35.35  payment of a $5 fee to retain and transfer the existing special 
 35.36  plates to the name of the new owner, or the other provisions of 
 36.1   sections 360.511 to 360.67, whichever is applicable. 
 36.2      (f) In the event of defacement, loss or destruction of the 
 36.3   special number plates, decalcomania labels or stamps, and upon 
 36.4   receiving and filing a sworn affidavit of the aircraft owner 
 36.5   setting forth the circumstances, together with any defaced 
 36.6   plates, labels or stamps and a fee of $5, the commissioner shall 
 36.7   issue replacement plates, labels or stamps.  The commissioner 
 36.8   shall note on the records the issue of replacement number and 
 36.9   shall proceed to cancel the original plates, labels or stamps. 
 36.10     Sec. 35.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 36.11     Sections 14 to 21 are effective July 1, 2000.  Section 28 
 36.12  is effective July 1, 1999, for Minnesota identification cards 
 36.13  issued on and after that date.  Section 30 is effective the day 
 36.14  following final enactment and is repealed June 30, 2001.