1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing a town to establish speed limits under certain 
1.3 	circumstances;amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 169.14, 
1.4 	subdivision 5h.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 169.14, subdivision 5h, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5h.Speed limits on city streets and certain town roads. (a) For purposes of this 
1.9 	subdivision, "metropolitan county" means any one of the following counties: Anoka, Carver, 
1.10 	Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, or Wright.
1.11 	(b) A city may establish speed limits for city streets under the city's jurisdiction other 
1.12 	than the limits provided in subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering and traffic 
1.13 	investigation.
1.14 	(c) A town that is located within a metropolitan county may establish speed limits for 
1.15 	town roads under the town's jurisdiction other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 
1.16 	without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation.
1.17 	(d) This subdivision does not apply to town roads, county highways, or trunk highways 
1.18 	in ~~the~~ a city, and does not apply to county highways or trunk highways in a town.
1.19 	(e) A ~~city~~ political subdivision that establishes speed limits pursuant to this section must 
1.20 	implement speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. The ~~city~~ political 
1.21 	subdivision must erect appropriate signs to display the speed limit. A ~~city~~ political subdivision
1.22 	that uses the authority under this subdivision must develop procedures to set speed limits 
2.1 	based on the ~~city's~~ political subdivision's safety, engineering, and traffic analysis. At a 
2.2 	minimum, the safety, engineering, and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed 
2.3 	limit guidance and studies, local traffic crashes, and methods to effectively communicate 
2.4 	the change to the public.