<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 1647<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to transportation; amending various provisions related to transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>and public safety policies, including data practices and storage; motor carriers;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>traffic regulation modifications; parking signs; advertising devices; permits and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>licenses; vehicle equipment; mini truck operation; railroad liability, powers, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>crossing by utilities; rail event response preparedness; minimum train crew size;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>drive away in-transit licenses;  road design; engine compression regulation by city
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>of St. Paul; turnbacks; bikeways; subcontracting goals; reporting requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>and alternative damages appraisal for transportation projects;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1; 13.72, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision; 160.18, by adding a subdivision; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.232; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>160.266, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding subdivisions; 161.088, subdivisions 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>4, 5; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 161.368; 168.33, subdivision 2; 169.06, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 4a; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 1; 169.49; 169.782, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.791, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.81, by adding a subdivision;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>171.02, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, subdivision 3; 171.061, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>3; 171.07, subdivision 1b; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivisions 10, 11; 174.12, subdivision 5; 174.40, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>174.52, subdivisions 4a, 5; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>221.605, by adding a subdivision; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 473.146, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>4; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Statutes, chapters 161; 219; 237; 383B; 473.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>May 18, 2015<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 1647 report that we have agreed upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 1647 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7">Section 1. <b> SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations by fund made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>in this act, and do not have legal effect.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12.1"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2016</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2017</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">139,347,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">135,792,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">275,139,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Airports<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">25,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">25,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">50,218,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>C.S.A.H.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">670,768,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">698,495,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,369,263,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>M.S.A.S.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">170,743,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">178,141,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">348,884,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">61,475,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">62,210,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">123,685,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,192,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,213,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">4,405,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,673,708,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,672,006,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,345,714,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,743,342,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,773,966,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>5,517,308,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7">Sec. 2. <b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><b> </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>indicated for each purpose. Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>the corresponding columns marked "Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>do have legal effect. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30,
         2016, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year"
         is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2016</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2017</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>DEPARTMENT OF </b><br />
                  		<b>TRANSPORTATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,488,269,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,496,573,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">44,115,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">21,058,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Airports<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">25,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">25,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>C.S.A.H.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">670,768,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">698,495,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>M.S.A.S.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">170,743,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">178,141,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,577,534,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,573,770,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Multimodal Systems</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(a) <b>Aeronautics</b><br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(1) <b>Airport Development and Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">19,798,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">19,798,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>This appropriation is from the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>airports fund and must be spent according <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>360.305, <br />
            		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>The base appropriation in each of fiscal years <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>2018 and 2019 is $14,298,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><statute_ref>16A.28, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, this appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>available for five years after appropriation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(2)<b> Aviation Support and Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,661,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,661,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,311,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,311,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>$80,000 in each year is from the state airports <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>fund for the Civil Air Patrol.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>$1,479,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>$1,623,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Transit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">20,543,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">20,567,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="91px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,745,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,745,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">798,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">822,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>The base appropriation from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>is $17,245,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is $846,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>and in fiscal year 2019 is $873,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Safe Routes to School</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>for the safe routes to school program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Passenger Rail</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>This appropriation is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>fund for passenger rail system planning, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>alternatives analysis, environmental analysis, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>design, and preliminary engineering under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>174.632</statute_ref> to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var><statute_ref>174.636</statute_ref>.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(e) <b>Freight</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,445,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,452,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,401,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">256,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,044,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,196,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>$145,000 in the first year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>fund for a grant to the Minnesota Commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>Railway for emergency temporary repairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>to approximately 6.5 miles of railroad track <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>described as that portion of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>Commercial main running lead, between <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>M&amp;D Junction in White Bear Lake and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>end of track in Hugo.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>$3,000,000 in the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>general fund for port development assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>program grants under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>chapter 457A. Any improvements made with <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>the proceeds of these grants must be publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>owned. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>$5,000,000 in the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>general fund for rail grade crossing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>safety improvements. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>appropriation and is available in the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>$5,350,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>$5,522,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">288,405,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">290,916,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>is $292,140,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>$301,545,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b)<b> Program Planning and Delivery</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">237,529,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">231,252,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>$130,000 in each year is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>administrative costs of the targeted group <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>business program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>$266,000 in each year is available for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>to metropolitan planning organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>outside the seven-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>$900,000 in each year is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>grants for transportation studies outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>the metropolitan area to identify critical <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>concerns, problems, and issues. These <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>grants are available: (1) to regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>development commissions; (2) in regions <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>where no regional development commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>is functioning, to joint powers boards <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>established under agreement of two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>more political subdivisions in the region to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>exercise the planning functions of a regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>development commission; and (3) in regions <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>where no regional development commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>or joint powers board is functioning, to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>department's district office for that region.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>$1,000,000 in each year is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>for management of contaminated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>regulated material on property owned by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>the Department of Transportation, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>mitigation of property conveyances, facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>acquisition or expansion, chemical release at <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>maintenance facilities, and spills on the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>highway system where there is no known <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>responsible party. If the appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>$6,804,000 in the first year and $1,000,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>the second year are available for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.16, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>The base appropriation for program <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>planning and delivery in fiscal year 2018 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>is $227,004,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>$234,331,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c)<b> State Road Construction</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">779,664,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">744,166,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>This appropriation is for the actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>construction, reconstruction, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>improvement of trunk highways, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>design-build contracts, internal department <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>costs associated with delivering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>construction program, and consultant usage <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>to support these activities. This includes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>cost of actual payment to landowners for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>relocation expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>$1,000,000 in the first year is to complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>projects using funds made available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>the commissioner of transportation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>title XII of the American Recovery and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>111-5, and implemented under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>$10,000,000 in each year is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>transportation economic development <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var><statute_ref>174.12</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>The commissioner may expend up to one-half <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>of one percent of the federal appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>under this paragraph as grants to opportunity <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>industrialization centers and other nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>job training centers for job training programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>related to highway construction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>The commissioner may transfer up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>$15,000,000 each year to the transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>revolving loan fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>The commissioner may receive money <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>covering other shares of the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>partnership projects. These receipts are <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>appropriated to the commissioner for these <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>The base appropriation for state road <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>construction in each of fiscal years 2018 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>2019 is $695,800,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) <b>Highway Debt Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">197,381,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">231,199,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>$187,881,000 the first year and $221,699,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>the second year are for transfer to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>to make all transfers required in the year <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>for which it is made, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>of management and budget shall transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>the deficiency amount under the statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>open appropriation, and notify the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>and ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>transportation finance and the chairs of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>senate Committee on Finance and the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>of representatives Committee on Ways and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>excess appropriation cancels to the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>highway fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) <b>Statewide Radio Communications</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">5,358,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">5,486,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">35,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,323,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,483,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>$3,000 in each year is from the general fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>equip and operate the Roosevelt signal tower <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>for Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>$32,000 in the first year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>fund for a weather transmitter in Lake of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>Woods County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>$5,645,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>$5,826,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Local Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) <b>County State-Aid Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">670,768,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">698,495,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>This appropriation is from the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>state-aid highway fund under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>Statutes, section 161.081, and chapter 162, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>and is available until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>county state-aid highway fund following <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>the appropriations and transfers made in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>this paragraph, and that the appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>made are insufficient for advancing county <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>state-aid highway projects, an amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>necessary to advance the projects, not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>exceed the balance in the county state-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>highway fund, is appropriated in each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>to the commissioner. Within two weeks <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>of a determination under this contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>appropriation, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>transportation shall notify the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>of management and budget and the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>and ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>over transportation finance concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>funds appropriated. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>identify in the next budget submission to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>16A.11, any amount that is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>under this paragraph.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Municipal State-Aid Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">170,743,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">178,141,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>This appropriation is from the municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>state-aid street fund under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>Statutes, chapter 162, and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>municipal state-aid street fund following the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>appropriations and transfers made in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>paragraph, and that the appropriations made <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>are insufficient for advancing municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>state-aid street projects, an amount necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>to advance the projects, not to exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>the balance in the municipal state-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>street fund, is appropriated in each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>to the commissioner. Within two weeks <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>of a determination under this contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>appropriation, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>transportation shall notify the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>of management and budget and the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>and ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>over transportation finance concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>funds appropriated. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>identify in the next budget submission to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>16A.11, any amount that is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>under this paragraph.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) <b>Small Cities Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">12,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>for small cities assistance under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>Statutes, section 162.145.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Agency Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Agency Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">42,722,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">43,519,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>is $44,316,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>$45,206,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Buildings</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">18,772,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">19,321,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">18,718,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,267,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>of transportation for building construction for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>any fiscal year before the first year is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>to the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>during the biennium to the extent that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>commissioner spends the money on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>building construction projects for which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>money was originally encumbered during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>fiscal year for which it was appropriated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>The base appropriation from the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>highway fund in fiscal year 2018 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>$20,031,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>$20,885,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Tort Claims</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>With the approval of the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>management and budget, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>of transportation may transfer unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>balances among the appropriations from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>trunk highway fund and the state airports <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>fund made in this section. No transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>may be made from the appropriations for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>state road construction or for debt service. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>Transfers under this rider may not be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>between funds. Transfers under this rider <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>must be reported immediately to the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>and ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>transportation finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>The commissioner of transportation shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>transfer from the flexible highway account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>the county state-aid highway fund the entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>amount in each year to the county turnback <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>account in the county state-aid highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>fund. The funds transferred are for highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>section 161.081, subdivision 3.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Previous State Road Construction </b><br />
                  		<b>Appropriations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>of transportation for state road construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>for any fiscal year before the first year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>available to the commissioner during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>biennium to the extent that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>spends the money on the state road <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>construction project for which the money <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>was originally encumbered during the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>year for which it was appropriated.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Contingent Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>The commissioner of transportation, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>the approval of the governor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>written approval of at least five members <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>of a group consisting of the members of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>the Legislative Advisory Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>3.30</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>and the ranking minority members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>transportation finance, may transfer all or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>part of the unappropriated balance in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>trunk highway fund to an appropriation: <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>(1) for trunk highway design, construction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>or inspection in order to take advantage of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>an unanticipated receipt of income to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>trunk highway fund or to take advantage <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>of federal advanced construction funding; <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>or environmental claims. Nothing in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>subdivision authorizes the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>to increase the use of federal advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>construction funding beyond amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>specifically authorized. Any transfer as <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>a result of the use of federal advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>construction funding must include an <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>analysis of the effects on the long-term <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>trunk highway fund balance. The amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>transferred is appropriated for the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the account to which it is transferred.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>81,626,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>101,126,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>for transit system operations under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>473.371</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>473.449</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>Of this amount, $27,300,000 is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>through fiscal year 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>Of this appropriation, $1,000,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>each year is for financial assistance to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>replacement service providers under <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>implement a demonstration project that <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>provides regular route transit or express <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>bus service between municipalities in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>excluding cities of the first class. The council <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>may not retain any portion of funds specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>in this rider. The replacement service <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>providers shall collectively identify one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>more demonstration projects for financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>assistance and submit a notification of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>allocation to the council. The council shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>allocate the appropriated funds as directed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>the replacement service providers. Criteria <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>for evaluating and identifying demonstration <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>projects must include but are not limited to: <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(1) scope of service offering improvements; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>(2) integration with transit facilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>major business, retail, or suburban centers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(3) extent to which a proposed route <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>complements existing transit service; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>(4) density of employment along a proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>route. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>Of this appropriation, $200,000 in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>year is for grants payable by July 31, 2016, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>to transportation management organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>that provide services exclusively or primarily <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>in (1) each city of the first class, as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>under section 410.01; and (2) the city having <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>the highest population as of the effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>date of this section located along the marked <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>Interstate Highway 494 corridor. Permissible <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>uses include administrative expenses and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>programming and service expansion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>including but not limited to staffing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>communications, outreach and education <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>program development, and operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>management. The council may not retain any <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>portion of funds under this appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>The base appropriation in each of fiscal years <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>2018 and 2019 is $89,820,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 5. <b>DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>173,447,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>176,267,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,606,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">13,608,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">61,475,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">62,210,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,192,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,213,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">96,174,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">98,236,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Administration and Related Services </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Office of Communications</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">517,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">530,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">113,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">115,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">404,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">415,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.6"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Public Safety Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,035,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,124,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,982,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,987,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,687,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,771,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>The base appropriation from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>$3,537,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>$380,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>fund for payment of public safety officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>section 
         <statute_ref>299A.44</statute_ref>. If the appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$1,367,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>fund to be deposited in the public safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>officer's benefit account. This money <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>is available for reimbursements under <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>299A.465</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>$600,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>fund and $100,000 in each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>trunk highway fund for soft body armor <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>299A.38</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>$450,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>fund for the creation of two emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>response teams. One emergency response <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>team must be under the jurisdiction of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>St. Cloud Fire Department, or a similarly <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>located fire department if necessary, and one <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>emergency response team must be under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>jurisdiction of the Duluth Fire Department. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>The commissioner shall allocate the funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>as needed to facilitate the creation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>maintenance of the emergency response <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>teams. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Technology and Support Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,685,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,685,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,322,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,322,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D. <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>State Patrol</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) <b>Patrolling Highways </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">81,516,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">83,121,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2016<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2017<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">154,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">37,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">92,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">92,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">81,270,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">82,992,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>$858,000 from the trunk highway fund in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>first year and $117,000 from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>in the first year is to purchase a single-engine <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>aircraft for the State Patrol.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Commercial Vehicle Enforcement</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,023,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,257,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) <b>Capitol Security</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,035,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,147,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>This appropriation is from the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>The commissioner may not: (1) spend <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>any money from the trunk highway fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>for capitol security; or (2) permanently <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>transfer any state trooper from the patrolling <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>highways activity to capitol security.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>The commissioner may not transfer any <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>under this section: (1) to capitol security; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>(2) from capitol security.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Vehicle Crimes Unit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">715,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">736,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>This appropriation is from the highway user <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>tax distribution fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>This appropriation is to investigate: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>liabilities from individuals and businesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>that currently do not pay all taxes owed; <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>and (2) illegal or improper activity related <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>motor vehicles.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Vehicle Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">29,818,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">30,082,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>This appropriation is from the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>services operating account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>$59,000 in each year is for the creation of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>Data Services Unit within the Division of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>Driver and Vehicle Services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>The base appropriation from the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>revenue fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>2019 is $21,846,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>The base appropriation from the highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>user tax distribution fund in each of fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>years 2018 and 2019 is $8,236,000.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Driver Services </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">30,286,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">30,740,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>This appropriation is from the driver services <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>operating account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>$31,000 in each year is for the creation of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Data Services Unit within the Division of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>Driver and Vehicle Services.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Traffic Safety</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">446,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">457,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Pipeline Safety</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,371,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,388,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>This appropriation is from the pipeline safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>$29,700,000 of the appropriation under Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section
         4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>is canceled to the general fund on the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. <b>APPROPRIATION CANCELLATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>All unspent funds, estimated to be $2,380,000, to provide the 20 percent local match
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>funding required to obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>repair local roads and bridges damaged by June 2014 flooding, under Laws 2015, chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>2, section 3, are canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>$2,380,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>transportation in fiscal year 2016 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>bridges damaged by flooding in June 2014. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var><b>TRANSPORTATION POLICY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Classifications.</b> (a) The following government data of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>Department of Public Safety are private data:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>that (i) data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(ii) data necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>parking enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>charter cities and towns;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>records, except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>Revenue for purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>purposes of workers' compensation administration and enforcement, and the Department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>of Natural Resources for purposes of license application administration; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 
         <statute_ref>171.07, <br />
            		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>subdivision 11
         </statute_ref>, except that the data must be released to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>designated caregiver; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>communicate at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>caregiver of the need to care for a child of the license holder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>(3) and must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>Social Security numbers for any other purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>confidential data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data
         is received <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>from a member of the individual's family.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Software sale fund.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>and (c), proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services by the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>information officer must be credited to the MN.IT services revolving fund. If a state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services has contributed to the development
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>software sold or licensed under this section, the chief information officer may reimburse
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>the agency by discounting computer services provided to that agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(b) Proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>by the Pollution Control Agency, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>credited to the environmental fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>(c) If the Department of Transportation develops software products or services using
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>trunk highway funds, proceeds from the subsequent sale or licensing of the software
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>products or services must be credited to the trunk highway fund. This paragraph also
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>applies to software products or services custom developed by a vendor for the department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>using trunk highway funds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Appraisal.</b> (a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>this chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>least one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>appraiser must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably
         possible. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>For acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>report, the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>13.44</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>acquiring authority must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>acquisitions over $25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>under $25,000, the acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>made, but no later than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 
         <statute_ref>117.055</statute_ref>, and. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>The acquiring authority must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>this section. Upon request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>appraisals of the property for properties over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>report for properties under $25,000. If the acquiring authority is considering both a full <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>and partial taking of the property, the acquiring authority shall obtain and provide
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>owner with appraisals for both types of takings for properties over $25,000 for both types <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties under $25,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>proposed to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>of the appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 for single
         family <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>paragraph subdivision, a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>that a qualified person with appraisal knowledge having an understanding of the local real <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>estate market indicates can be acquired for a cost of $10,000 $25,000 or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>(c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>days after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>agreement between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may
         pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>the reimbursement directly to the appraiser.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Use of appraisal at commissioners' hearing.</b>  An appraisal or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>minimum damage acquisition report must not be used or considered in a condemnation <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>commissioners' hearing, nor may the appraiser who prepared the appraisal or the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>who prepared the minimum damage acquisition report testify, unless a copy of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>appraiser's written report or the minimum damage acquisition report is provided to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>opposing party at least five days before the hearing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Conditions.</b> (a) A road authority may accept applications for permits for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>installation of drain tile along or across the right-of-way under its jurisdiction.
         The road <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>authority may adopt reasonable rules for the installations and may require a bond
         before <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>granting a permit. Permits for installation along a highway right-of-way must ensure
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>the length of the installation is restricted to the minimum necessary to achieve the
         desired <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>agricultural benefits. A permit must not allow open trenches to be left on the right-of-way
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>after installation of the drain tile is completed. A road authority that grants a
         permit for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>tile drain installation is not responsible for damage to that installation resulting
         from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>action of the authority or any other permittee utilizing the right-of-way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>(b) A person who installs drain tile along or across a highway right-of-way without
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>obtaining a permit as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>(c) The commissioner shall take no action under this section which will result in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>loss of federal aid for highway construction in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>(d) For the purpose of this section subdivisions 2 to 4, "highway" means any <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>highway as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02</statute_ref> which is located outside the corporate limits of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>home rule charter or statutory city.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>[160.235] TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per
         day <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>and date of last timing optimization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan,
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years.
         Each road <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance
         with its <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>(c) Upon request of a local road authority, the commissioner shall provide reasonable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>technical assistance to meet the requirements under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>initial inventory under paragraph (a) must be submitted on or before December 30,
         2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.27, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Temporary permit for field application.</b> (a) In connection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>the use of the road right-of-way of a road authority, excluding on controlled-access
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property abutting the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 days,
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>(b) The property owner or occupant must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>(2) place the force main within the backslope of the road authority's right-of-way
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>where possible;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(3) place pumping equipment outside the road authority's right-of-way; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the road authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>(c) Once the road authority has issued a permit, the property owner or occupant may
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the permittee's property
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the permittee is the owner
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way where the force
         main is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>to be installed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.231, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var><b>161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM </b><b>LEASED</b><b> STATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var><b>PROPERTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>the rental money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state leased property <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202, 
         <statute_ref>161.23, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 
         <statute_ref>272.68, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell,
         lease, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land.
         At the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end
         of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Small targeted group business; subcontracting goals.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>require the for targeted group business participation in contracts. As a condition of award,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>the prime contractor is required to subcontract portions of the contract to small targeted <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>group businesses. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>project goals.The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>reasonably available either meet the goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>goal. The commissioner must establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith efforts
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>of contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who fail to make good
         faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>efforts to meet the goals set under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The small targeted group business subcontracting requirements of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>subdivision do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2c. <b>Veteran-owned small business; subcontracting goals.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to veteran-owned
         small <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>businesses for veteran-owned small business participation in contracts, except when <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>prohibited by federal law or rule as a condition of receiving federal funds.  As a condition <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>of award, the prime contractors contractor must either meet the goal or demonstrate good <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>faith efforts to meet the project goals. The commissioner shall must establish a procedure <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified veteran-owned
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>small businesses are not reasonably available evaluating the good faith efforts of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>contractors that do not meet the goal. The commissioner may establish (1) financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who have not been granted <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>a waiver and fail to make good faith efforts to meet goals set under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The subcontracting requirements of this subdivision do not apply to prime <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>contractors who are veteran-owned small businesses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Contract awards, limitations.</b> Contracts awarded pursuant to this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>are subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by The commissioner may elect to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>subject contracts awarded under this section to limitations contained in rules adopted
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>the commissioner of administration.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Apportionment sum and excess sum.</b> (a) For purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 
         <statute_ref>162.06</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>162.06</statute_ref> for administrative costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>disaster account, research account, and state park road account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>in paragraph (c), from as 68 percent of the distribution amount.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within 32 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>distribution amount:.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section 
         <statute_ref>296A.07</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>subdivision 3, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise
         tax rates <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>in excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>for E85 and M85 under section 
         <statute_ref>296A.07, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and special fuel under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var><statute_ref>296A.08, subdivision 2</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var><statute_ref>168.013</statute_ref>, imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>year 2008, multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>the calendar year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>United States Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>determined by the United States Department of Labor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015, for distribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>calculations on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>[162.145] SMALL CITIES ASSISTANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>(b) "Eligible city" means a statutory or home rule charter city that does not receive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14 in the calendar year in which
         funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>are distributed under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>(c) "Maximum aid" means 3.5 multiplied by the unweighted average amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>assistance to a city in a fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>(d) "Population" means the most recent population estimated or established as of 30
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>days before the date of an allocation under subdivision 4, of (i) the most recent
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>census, (ii) a special census conducted under contract with the United States Bureau
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>the Census, (iii) a population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council pursuant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>section 473.24, or (iv) a population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>section 4A.02.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>(e) "State-aid adjustment factor" means the greater of zero, or:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>(1) 0.005; minus<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>(2) the number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in a city, divided by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>total number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in all eligible cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>(f) "Total population" means the sum of populations of all eligible cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Small cities assistance account.</b> A small cities assistance account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided by
         law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>Money in the account may only be expended as provided under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Administration.</b> (a) Subject to funds made available by law, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>commissioner shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall notify
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>commissioner of revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>(b) Following notification from the commissioner of transportation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>commissioner of revenue shall distribute the specified funds to cities in the same
         manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>as local government aid under chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>transportation under this section is available to the commissioner of revenue for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>purposes specified in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision
         2. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>city that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>show that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Distribution formula.</b> (a) In each fiscal year in which funds are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>under this section, the commissioner shall allocate funds to eligible cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>(b) The preliminary aid to each city is calculated as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>(1) 5 percent of funds allocated equally among all eligible cities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>(2) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of lane
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>miles of municipal streets compared to total lane miles of municipal streets of all
         eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>cities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>(3) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>population compared to total population of all eligible cities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>(4) 25 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of state-aid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>adjustment factor compared to the sum of state-aid adjustment factors of all eligible
         cities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>(c) The final aid to each city is calculated as the lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>(1) the preliminary aid to the city multiplied by an aid factor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>(2) the maximum aid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>(d) The commissioner shall set the aid factor under paragraph (c), which must be the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>same for all eligible cities, so that the total funds allocated under this subdivision
         equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>the total amount available for the fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Use of funds.</b> (a) Funds distributed under this section are available only for <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>construction and maintenance of roads located within the city, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>(1) land acquisition, environmental analysis, design, engineering, construction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>reconstruction, and maintenance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>(2) road projects partially located within the city;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>(3) projects on county state-aid highways located within the city; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>(4) cost participation on road projects under the jurisdiction of another unit of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>government.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>(b) Except for projects under paragraph (a), clause (3), funds distributed under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>section are not subject to state-aid requirements under this chapter, including but
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>limited to engineering standards adopted by the commissioner in rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1d. <b>Trailer.</b> (a) On trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight of greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>than 3,000 pounds, the annual tax is based on total gross weight and is 30 percent
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 15,000
         pounds <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>or less, and when the gross weight of a trailer is more than 15,000 pounds, the tax
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>first eight years of vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota
         base rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>schedule, and during the ninth and succeeding years of vehicle life the tax is 75
         percent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>the Minnesota base rate prescribed by subdivision 1e. A trailer registered at a gross vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>weight greater than 3,000 pounds but no greater than 7,200 pounds may be taxed either:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>(1) annually as provided in this paragraph; or (2) once every three years on the basis
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>total gross weight and is 90 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>1e, provided that the filing fee under section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a),
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>multiplied by three, with funds collected by the commissioner allocated proportionally
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>the same manner as provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>(b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds and as described
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.002, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, are taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>(c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers registered at a gross vehicle weight
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>of 3,000 pounds or less must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>plate is valid for the life of the trailer only if it remains registered at the same
         gross vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>weight. The onetime registration tax for trailers registered for the first time in
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>is $55. For trailers registered in Minnesota before July 1, 2001, and for which:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>(1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the trailer, the registration
         tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>is $25; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>(2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial registration tax is $10 for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>first renewal if registration is renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June
         30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>2003. These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the first renewal on
         or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>July 1, 2003, and the registration tax is $20.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less before July 1, 2001,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>but not renewed until on or after July 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>registration must be issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January
         1, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1g, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1g. <b>Recreational vehicle.</b> (a) Self-propelled recreational vehicles shall must <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>be separately licensed and taxed annually on the basis of total gross weight and. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>tax shall must be graduated according to the Minnesota base rate schedule prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>in subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $20, except as otherwise provided in
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>(b) For all self-propelled recreational vehicles, the tax for the ninth and succeeding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>years of vehicle life shall be is 75 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota base rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>schedule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>(c) Towed recreational vehicles shall  must be separately licensed and taxed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>either one of the following, as determined by the vehicle owner: (1) annually on the basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>of total gross weight at 30 percent of the Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision
         1e <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>but ; or (2) once every three years on the basis of total gross weight at 90 percent of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>Minnesota base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, provided that the filing fee under
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), is multiplied by three, with funds collected
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>commissioner allocated proportionally in the same manner as provided in section 168.33,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>subdivision 7, paragraph (e). In no event is the tax under this paragraph less than $5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all trailers and semitrailers taxed <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>pursuant to this section shall be are exempt from any wheelage tax now or hereafter <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>imposed by any political subdivision or political subdivisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>and applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January
         1, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Application; fee; penalty.</b> Any person, firm, or corporation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit
         license. <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of
         $250 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>169.79</statute_ref> and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>Minnesota transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>purpose of permanent vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business
         as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be
         found guilty <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>of violating the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>168.053</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>168.057</statute_ref>; and, upon conviction, fined <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.1299, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance.</b> Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>168.1293</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>issue special Minnesota golf plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>(3) contributes a minimum of $30 annually after January 1, 2017, to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>Section PGA Foundation account; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>and licensing of drivers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to plates <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>issued on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Filing fees; allocations.</b> (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>taxes, a filing fee of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>(1) $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>transactions; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>(2) $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>carrier fuel licenses under sections 168D.05 and 168D.06, and pro rate transactions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a):<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>registrar; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>(2) no filing fee or other fee may be charged for the permanent surrender of a title
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>for a vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(c) The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>notices sent out by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>(d) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing
         a credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>credit and debit card transactions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>(e) The fees collected under this subdivision by the department must be allocated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>(1) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1):<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>(i) $4.50 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>(ii) $1.50 must be deposited:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>services operating account; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>(2) of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (2):<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(i) $3.50 must be deposited in the general fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>(ii) $5.00 must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>(iii) $1.50 must be deposited:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>(A) in the driver and vehicle services technology account until sufficient funds have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>been deposited in that account to cover all costs of administration, development,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>initial full deployment of the driver and vehicle services information system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(B) after completion of the deposit of funds under subitem (A) in the vehicle services
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>operating account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168A.07, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Fees.</b> The filing fee to create a conditional registration shall conform with <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>the fee provided in section 168.33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (3). A subsequent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>removal and clearing of a conditional registration is considered a separate transaction
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>requires payment of an additional filing fee of the same amount, provided the removal
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>clearing was initiated by a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168D.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var><b>168D.06 FUEL LICENSE FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;License fees paid to the commissioner under the International Fuel Tax Agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue
         fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>. The commissioner shall charge an annual fuel license fee of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>$15, and an annual application filing fee of $13 for quarterly reporting of fuel tax, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>reinstatement fee of $100 to reinstate a revoked International Fuel Tax Agreement
         license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.18, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Passing certain parked vehicles.</b> (a) When approaching and before <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road maintenance vehicle, utility company <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning lights activated that is parked or otherwise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>stopped on or next to a street or highway having two lanes in the same direction,
         the driver <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to the lane farthest away from the parked or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>stopped vehicle, if it is possible to do so.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) When approaching and before passing a freeway service patrol vehicle, road <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>maintenance vehicle, utility company vehicle, or construction vehicle with its warning <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>lights activated that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>having more than two lanes in the same direction, the driver of a vehicle shall safely
         move <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>the vehicle so as to leave a full lane vacant between the driver and any lane in which
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>vehicle is completely or partially parked or otherwise stopped, if it is possible
         to do so.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibition on use</b><b>; penalty</b><b>.</b> (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>(b) A person who violates paragraph (a) a second or subsequent time must pay a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>fine of $225, plus the amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>Judicial Council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>violations committed on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.49, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var><b>169.49 HEADLAMPS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall must be equipped with at <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>least two headlamps, with including at least one on each side of the front of the motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>vehicle, which. Headlamps shall must comply with the requirements and limitations set <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>forth in sections 
         <statute_ref>169.47</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.79</statute_ref> 169.66.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>(b) Every motorcycle shall must be equipped with at least one and not more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>two four headlamps, which shall must comply with the requirements and limitations of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.47</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.79</statute_ref> 169.66.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Driver; daily inspection</b><b>,</b><b> report.</b> (a) The driver of a commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work on inspect daily <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>each commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>must require each driver to submit a written report at the completion of each day's work <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>as required by this section. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>section is not required to prepare and submit a written report if no defect or deficiency
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>is discovered by or reported to the driver, except that the driver of a passenger-carrying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>commercial motor vehicle shall prepare and submit a written report regardless of whether
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>any defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the driver.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The inspection and report must cover the following parts and accessories: service <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>brakes, including trailer and semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake;
         steering <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>mechanism; lighting devices and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers;
         rear <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>vision mirror or mirrors; coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) (c) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>discovered by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the
         vehicle or <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>result in its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or
         reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>to the driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after
         completing <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>it. In the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature
         of one <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>of the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree
         concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (d) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>on which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would
         likely <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing the commercial motor vehicle
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must certify, on the report listing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has been corrected or that correction
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original vehicle inspection report for
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>three months after the date of inspection. The report must be available for inspection
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>an authorized federal, state, or local official at any time during this period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) (e) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in
         the power <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>copy must be made available on demand to (1) a peace officer, (2) a person authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>221.221</statute_ref>, and (3) a person described in section 
         <statute_ref>299D.06</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Driver; pretrip inspection.</b> (a) Before driving Prior to the first operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>of a commercial motor vehicle following completion of a daily inspection report under <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>subdivision 1, a driver must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>(1) review the most recent vehicle inspection report on the vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>(2) determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>(3) sign the inspection report in the vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>(b) The driver shall sign the report only if all defects and deficiencies listed in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>report have been certified as having been corrected or as not requiring correction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) If the commercial motor vehicle does not contain the previous day's inspection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>report, the driver must make the inspection and complete the report required under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) With the exception of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>(2), This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is a farm truck that
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>be operated by a person not holding a commercial driver's license, provided that before <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>driving the vehicle, a driver must determine that the vehicle is in safe operating
         condition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>(b) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle held for resale by a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>(c) This section does not apply to a covered farm vehicle as defined in Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.5, that is not carrying hazardous materials
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with Code
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.504.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.798, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Attestation of</b><b> Insurance </b><b>information </b><b>required.</b> Every owner, when <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>applying for motor vehicle or motorcycle registration, reregistration, or transfer
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>ownership, must attest provide information showing that the motor vehicle or motorcycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>is covered by an insurance policy. Information required under this subdivision consists <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>of the insurance company's name, the policy number, and the policy expiration date
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>the subject motor vehicle or motorcycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>registrations, reregistrations, and transfers of ownership occurring on or after that
         date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3f. <b>Length limits exclusion; aerodynamic device.</b> An aerodynamic device <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>that meets the requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.16
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>(b)(4), is excluded from each calculation of length under subdivision 2, 3, or 3c,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>(1) total vehicle length; and (2) length of a semitrailer or trailer, whether in a
         vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>combination or not.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Recycling and garbage vehicles.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>recycling pickup.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>solid waste, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.03, subdivision 21</statute_ref>, while engaged in such <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>(c) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>169.80, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, a violation of weight restrictions <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section
         
         <statute_ref>115A.03, <br />
            		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>subdivision 21
         </statute_ref>, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>civil penalty for excess weight under section 
         <statute_ref>169.871</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18a. <b>Electronic advertising device.</b> (a) "Electronic advertising device" <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>means an advertising device capable of displaying digital content that can be changed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>through messaging or electronic communications technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>(b) Digital content consists of static text and images only, and does not include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>animation, flashing or moving lights, video, or other content having the appearance
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>movement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var><b>173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>(a) After June 8, 1971 no advertising device shall be erected or maintained:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>(1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any
         material <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad
         sign <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching,
         merging, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>(2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger";<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>(3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>provided by law or allowed by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>(5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>(6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>or on public utility poles;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>(7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>be a traffic hazard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>(8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>(9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>(b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>advertising device that changes displayed digital content no more frequently than
         once <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>every six seconds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4a. <b>Eligibility.</b> A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town is <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>eligible to receive funding under this section only if it has adopted subdivision
         regulations <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>that require safe routes to school infrastructure in developments authorized on or
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>June 1, 2016.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.76, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var><b>219.76 </b><b>FIRE</b><b> </b><b>DAMAGE </b><b>CAUSED BY </b><b>ENGINE</b><b> TRAIN OR CONTENTS</b><b>; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var><b>INSURABLE INTEREST.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state is responsible in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>damages to every person who is injured and corporation public or private entity or person <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>whose property is injured, damaged, or destroyed by fire communicated spread directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>or indirectly by the locomotive engines or rolling stock  in use upon its railroad line, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>contents of the rolling stock, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, discharge,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>combustion of train contents. Each railroad corporation shall have an insurable interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>in the property upon the route of its railroad line and may procure insurance in its
         own <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>behalf for its protection against the damages.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 219.761, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var><b>219.761 </b><b>EXTINGUISHING LOCOMOTIVE</b><b> RESPONSE TO </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var><b>TRAIN-RELATED</b><b> FIRE</b><b> OR OTHER EMERGENCY</b><b>; REIMBURSEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Reimbursement.</b> (a) A railroad operating in Minnesota is liable for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>all reasonable expenses of extinguishment when a fire or fire hazard other emergency that <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>is proximately caused by a railroad locomotive, rolling stock or its contents, or employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>on a railroad right-of-way or, operating property, or other property. If the fire department <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>of a local government or nonprofit firefighting corporation extinguishes an emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>responder, local government entity, or nonprofit firefighting corporation responds
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>fire arising from one occurrence or responds to another emergency and deems that it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>entitled to reimbursement for its expenses, it shall, within 60 days after the first
         full day <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>after extinguishment the emergency response, give the railroad, by mail, written notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>stating the circumstances of the fire or other emergency as then known. The notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>may be given to the railroad at any address at which the owner has an office, agent,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>other place of business in this state. The date of the mailing is the date or service
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>notice. For purposes of this paragraph, reasonable response expenses include all expenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>incurred by a fire department or other emergency responder in supplying mutual aid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>assistance, regardless of whether the fire department or emergency responder is entitled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>to reimbursement from the entity requesting assistance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) If after notice and claim for reimbursement, the railroad working the right-of-way <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>refuses to reimburse the local government, or nonprofit firefighting corporation, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>emergency responders  for expenses incurred, the claimant may recover by civil action <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements, and attorney's fees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Information in claim.</b> All claims must set forth the basis of the claim <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>including the time, date, place, and circumstances of the claim. A claim must also
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>an itemization of costs incurred to extinguish the fire or respond to the emergency. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>state Fire Marshal, in consultation with fire department chiefs and, representatives of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>interested railroads, representatives of local government entities, nonprofit firefighting <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>corporations, and other emergency responders, may recommend that additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>information be included in a claim.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Other costs, remedies.</b> (a) If the railroads are required to pay property <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>taxes pursuant to chapter 272 or any other law, they shall also pay the fees and assessments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>required of property owners situated within the same political subdivision for firefighting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>and protection expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Neither the enactment of this section nor its subsequent repeal or termination
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>alters the statutory or common law rights, duties, or obligations of railroad companies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>with regard to fires and other emergencies caused directly or indirectly by a railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>locomotive, rolling stock, contents, or railroad employees on a railroad right-of-way <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>or,  operating property, or other property, or caused directly or indirectly by spill, tear, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>discharge, or combustion of train contents.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9a. <b>Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited.</b> No intrastate <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>carrier, private carrier engaged in intrastate commerce, or person providing intrastate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>transportation service described in section 221.025 shall operate a commercial motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>385 or 386, is in effect.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.605, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited.</b> No interstate carrier <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>385 or 386, is in effect.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 222.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Expenditures.</b> (a) The commissioner may expend money from the rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>service improvement account for the following purposes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) to make transfers as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>222.57</statute_ref> or to pay interest adjustments <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>on loans guaranteed under the state rail user and rail carrier loan guarantee program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to improve
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>rail service of a rail user or a rail carrier;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) to pay a portion of the costs of rehabilitation projects designed to improve rail
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>service of a rail user or a rail carrier;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) to acquire, maintain, manage, and dispose of railroad right-of-way pursuant to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>the state rail bank program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) to provide for aerial photography survey of proposed and abandoned railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>tracks for the purpose of recording and reestablishing by analytical triangulation
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>existing alignment of the inplace track;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) to pay a portion of the costs of acquiring a rail line by a regional railroad
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>authority established pursuant to chapter 398A;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) to pay the state matching portion of federal grants for rail-highway grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>crossing improvement projects;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) for expenditures made before July 1, 2017, to pay the state matching portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>of grants under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(TIGER) program of the United States Department of Transportation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) to fund rail planning studies; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(10) to pay a portion of the costs of capital improvement projects designed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>improve capacity or safety at rail yards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) All money derived by the commissioner from the disposition of railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>right-of-way or of any other property acquired pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>222.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>222.62</statute_ref> shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>be deposited in the rail service improvement account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Officer or firefighter killed in line of duty.</b> (a) This subdivision applies <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>when a peace officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter  is killed while on duty and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>discharging the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  duties as a peace officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>(b) The officer's or firefighter's employer shall continue to cover the deceased <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>officer's or firefighter's dependents, including the officer's or firefighter's spouse:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>(1) if the officer or, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter  was receiving dependent <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>coverage at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  death under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>the employer's group health plan; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>(2) if the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  spouse was not covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>as a dependent at the time of the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  death, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>but at that time was eligible, or afterward becomes eligible, to be a dependent on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>employer's group health plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>(c) The employer is responsible for the employer's contribution for the coverage of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>the officer's or, firefighter's, or volunteer firefighter's  dependents. Subject to subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>5, paragraph (b), clause (2), coverage must continue for a dependent of the officer or, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>firefighter for the period of time that the person is a dependent up to the age of 65, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>volunteer firefighter as follows: (1) for a surviving spouse, until the surviving
         spouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>reaches the age of 65; and (2) for each other dependent, until the dependent reaches
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>age of 26, except as otherwise provided in section 62L.02, subdivision 11.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>officer, firefighter, and volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the
         effective date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty.</b> (a) This subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>applies when a volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and discharging the volunteer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>firefighter's duties as a volunteer firefighter and the municipality or municipalities
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>operate the fire department did not offer a group health insurance policy to which
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>volunteer firefighter was eligible to subscribe.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>(b) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>volunteer firefighter served with shall, until coverage terminates as provided under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>subdivision 2, paragraph (c), either: (1) provide health insurance coverage for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>volunteer firefighter's dependents that is equivalent to the average benefit provided
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>municipality or municipalities to dependents of its employees who are covered by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>plan; or (2) reimburse the dependents, if the municipality or municipalities do not
         offer a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>group health insurance plan for any employees, for a minimum of 50 percent of the
         cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>health insurance premiums for coverage selected by the dependents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>volunteer firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>(a) "Peace officer" or "officer" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>626.84, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>1
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>(b) "Dependent" means a person who: (1)  meets the definition of dependent in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>62L.02, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, at the time of the officer's or firefighter's injury or death. a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>person , or at the time of the volunteer firefighter's death; and (2) is not a dependent for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>purposes of this section during the period of time the person is covered under another <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>group health plan. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible employee" as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>under section 62L.02, subdivision 13, includes a volunteer firefighter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>(c) "Firefighter" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
         <statute_ref>424.03</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>but does not include volunteer firefighters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>(d) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision
         7, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>and includes paid per call.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>(e) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>(f) For purposes of subdivisions 2 to 5a, "employer" includes a municipality or <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>municipalities that operate the fire department in which a volunteer firefighter serves.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2016, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>officer and firefighter deaths that occur on and after the effective date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5a. <b>Minimum benefit.</b> Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>providing benefits to survivors of deceased volunteer firefighters that are greater
         than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>benefits required under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Certificate.</b> No person may operate as an overdimensional load escort <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>driver in this state without a certificate issued by the commissioner, or by a state
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal agreement. The commissioner shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated to cover the commissioner's
         cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>establishing and administering the program. No other certification is required to escort <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>an overdimensional load.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.09, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var><b>299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these
         services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle is $79.28 <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>an hour. The fee charged for services provided without a vehicle is $59.28 an hour
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>shall be set to recover actual costs as determined by the commissioner of public safety
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>by July 1 each year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>2012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 44. <b>[299F.037] REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue
         delay, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall identify the cause of
         death and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>contain information concerning the circumstances of the death.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision Annually by June 1, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>of transportation shall require as a condition of assistance by the state that the establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>local contribution rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>corporation make a substantial contribution to the cost of the construction, improvement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>maintenance, or operation of the airport, in connection with which the assistance
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>state is sought. These costs are referred to as project costs when applying for state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate an airport,
         or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does not establish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>(b) For any airport, whether key, intermediate, or landing strip, where only state and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>local funds are to be used, the contribution shall be not less than one-fifth of the
         sum of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>(1) the project costs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>(2) acquisition costs of the land and clear zones, which are referred to as acquisition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>costs. The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>contribution rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>acquisition, except that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>projects, radio or navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal
         funds are <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>available to cover more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>respond to an emergency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>(c) For any airport where federal, state, and local funds are to be used, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>contribution shall not be less than five percent of the sum of the project costs and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>acquisition costs. The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>subject to the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>(d) The commissioner may pay the total cost of radio and navigational aids.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>project costs of a new landing strip, but not an intermediate airport or key airport,
         or may <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>pay an amount equal to the federal funds granted and used for a new landing strip
         plus <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>all of the remaining project costs; but the total amount paid by the commissioner
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>project costs of a new landing strip, unless specifically authorized by an act appropriating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>funds for the new landing strip, shall not exceed $200,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all the project
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>costs for research and development projects, including, but not limited to noise abatement;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>provided that in no event shall the sums expended under this paragraph exceed five
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>percent of the amount appropriated for construction grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>(g) (d) To receive aid under this section for project costs or for acquisition costs, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>municipality must enter into an agreement with the commissioner giving assurance that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>the airport will be operated and maintained in a safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>(1) for 20 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>project construction or improvement costs are received by the municipality; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>(2) for 99 years after the date that the municipality receives any state funds for land <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>acquisition costs are received by the municipality. If any land acquired with state funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the municipality shall repay the state airports
         fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>the same percentage of the appraised value of the property as that percentage of the
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>of acquisition and participation provided by the state to acquire the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>(h) (e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>which shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>be constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>the commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>time as may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>financing contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>are reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>commissioner may pay from the hangar construction revolving account 80 percent of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>cost of financing construction of hangar buildings. For purposes of this paragraph,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>construction of hangars shall include their design. The commissioner shall transfer up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>$4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar construction revolving account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>(i) (f) The commissioner may pay a portion of the purchase price of any contribute <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>to costs incurred by any municipality for airport maintenance and operations, safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>equipment, and of the actual airport snow removal costs incurred by any municipality. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>The portion to be paid by the state shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the
         purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>price or snow removal. To receive aid a municipality must enter into an agreement
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.36"></a><var>43.36</var>type referred to in paragraph (g).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>(j) (g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>municipally owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Transportation planning.</b> (a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>and municipalities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of
         the planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist
         of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>commission;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>freight transportation industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>Municipalities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>area, appointed by the respective county boards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>under section 473.388, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 47. Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended by Laws 2012, chapter 287, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>article 3, section 56, and Laws 2014, chapter 255, section 20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>2 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>169.011</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.045</statute_ref>, expire July 31, 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 48. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Evaluation of response preparedness and funding.</b> By January 15, 2017, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>the commissioner of public safety shall submit an evaluation of safety preparedness
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>funding related to incidents involving transportation of oil and other hazardous materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>over transportation and public safety policy and finance. At a minimum, the evaluation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>(1) provide an update to the report under subdivision 1 that identifies notable <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>changes and provides updated information as appropriate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(2) analyze preparedness and impacts to public safety from ethanol transportation by <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>rail, which must provide the same information with respect to ethanol as is required
         for oil <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>under subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3) and (6);<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>(3) evaluate the effectiveness of training and response preparedness activities under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>299A.55</statute_ref>, using the criteria established under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>1, clause (5);<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>(3) (4) identify current sources of funds, funding levels, and any unfunded needs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>preparedness activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>(4) (5) analyze equity in the distribution of funding sources for preparedness <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>activities, which must include but is not limited to (i) examination of the public-private
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>partnership financing model, and (ii) review of balance across industries involved
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>storage and distribution of oil; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>(5) (6) make recommendations for any programmatic or legislative changes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 49. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3, the effective date, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective January 1, 2015, for special <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>Minnesota golf plates issued on or after that date. Subdivision 5 is effective January 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>2017 July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 50. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 228 REMOVED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 159, is repealed effective the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>Legislative Route No. 228 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>under paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have
         been <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>satisfied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 51. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 275 REMOVED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 206, is repealed effective the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>commissioner and the governing body of Lac qui Parle County to transfer jurisdiction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>of Legislative Route No. 275 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>under paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have
         been <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>satisfied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 52. <b>COST PARTICIPATION POLICY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government,
         while <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning allowable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy should provide and include sufficient flexibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>for unique projects and locations if doing so results in a lower total project cost.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>policy must be completed and adopted by the commissioner no later than March 1, 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 53. <b>ENGINE BRAKES; REGULATION BY ST. PAUL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision, the governing body of the city
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>of St. Paul may by ordinance restrict or prohibit the use of an engine brake on motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>vehicles along Legislative Route No. 392, also known as marked Interstate Highway
         94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>between Johnson Parkway and marked Trunk Highway 52. Upon notification by the city
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>of St. Paul to the commissioner of transportation of the city's adoption of the ordinance,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the commissioner of transportation shall erect the appropriate signs, with the cost
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>the signs to be paid by the city. For purposes of this section, "engine brake" means
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>device that uses the engine and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>vehicle by compression of the engine.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 54. <b>CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING SLURRY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>The commissioner of transportation shall not engage in a study, including under any
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>agreement with a consultant, related to the deposit of slurry generated from highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>diamond grinding on the side of roadways, unless the commissioner consults with <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance industry regarding
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>methodology and specifications for the study. The commissioner or a consultant operating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>under an agreement with the commissioner shall consult with interested representatives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>of the road construction and maintenance industry to evaluate methods of determining
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>best management practices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 55. <b>LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER FEE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var><b>FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>By November 1, 2015, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>submit a report on motor vehicle title transfer fee funds to the chairs and ranking
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>environment policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must (1) identify the annual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>amount of revenue from the motor vehicle title transfer fee under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>section 115A.908, over fiscal years 2012 to 2015; (2) evaluate the policy rationale
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>allocation of revenue from the title transfer fee; and (3) specify uses of funds from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>title transfer fee, including identification of any motor vehicle, road, or bridge
         purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>for which funds are used.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 56. <b>REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>By January 15, 2016, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, shall jointly submit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for fiscal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>years 2010 through 2015, and shall include information on the purpose of each expenditure.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 57. <b>ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>By August 15, 2016, the commissioner of transportation shall, in collaboration <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>with city and county engineers, establish and adopt design standards and guidelines
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>be applied consistently to trunk highways, county state-aid highways, and municipal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>state-aid streets with similar characteristics. The standards and guidelines must
         align the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>state-aid standards with the Department of Transportation trunk highway standards
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>technical memoranda as appropriate. The commissioner shall report the adopted standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>and guidelines to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy by August
         15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>2016, and present an interim report by March 15, 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 58. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02, is repealed."<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>money for transportation, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; amending various provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>governing transportation policy and finance; establishing an account; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.69, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>16E.15, subdivision 2; 117.036, subdivisions 2, 4; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.27,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>by adding a subdivision; 161.231; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 2c, 4; 162.07, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>subdivision 1a; 168.013, subdivisions 1d, 1g; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.1299, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>subdivision 1; 168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.07, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.36"></a><var>48.36</var>168D.06; 169.18, subdivision 12; 169.475, subdivision 2; 169.49; 169.782, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.798, subdivision 4; 169.81, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>169.87, subdivision 6; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.40, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>adding a subdivision; 219.76; 219.761; 221.031, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>221.605, by adding a subdivision; 222.50, subdivision 7; 299A.465, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>2, 5, by adding subdivisions; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 299D.09; 360.305, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>subdivision 4; 473.146, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 10, section 11, subdivision 2; article <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>11, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>162; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02."<br />
         		
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>D. Scott Dibble<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Susan Kent<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Vicki Jensen<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>David H. Senjem<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Foung Hawj<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Tim Kelly<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>John Petersburg<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Tim Sanders<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Jeff Howe<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Kim Norton<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </div>