1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; motor vehicles; providing a weight limit exception 
1.3 	for portable toilet service vehicles;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.4 	169.87, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Recycling and garbage vehicles. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), 
1.8 	weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that 
1.9 	does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for 
1.10 	recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
1.11 	recycling pickup.
1.12 	(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a 
1.13 	vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for 
1.14 	recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 
1.15 	pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal 
1.16 	solid waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, while engaged in such 
1.17 	collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per 
1.18 	single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively 
1.19 	for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.
1.20 	(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions 
1.21 	imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for 
1.22 	recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
1.23 	recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and 
1.24 	used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03, 
2.1 	subdivision 21, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle 
2.2 	that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, 
2.3 	while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a 
2.4 	civil penalty for excess weight under section 169.871.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.