1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; traffic regulations; allowing certain vehicles carrying 
1.3 	sewage to avoid seasonal or weather-related road restrictions;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.87, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Recycling and garbage vehicles Vehicle transporting recycling 
1.8 	material, solid waste, or sewage. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), weight 
1.9 	restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that does not 
1.10 	exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for recycling, 
1.11 	while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside recycling 
1.12 	pickup.
1.13 	(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to (1) a 
1.14 	vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for 
1.15 	recycling as described in paragraph (a), or (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds 
1.16 	per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid 
1.17 	waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, or sewage, as defined in section 
1.18 	115.01, subdivision 17, while engaged in such collection.
1.19 	(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions 
1.20 	imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for 
1.21 	recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
1.22 	recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and 
1.23 	used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03, 
1.24 	subdivision 21, or sewage, as defined in section 115.01, subdivision 17, while engaged 
2.1 	in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a civil penalty 
2.2 	for excess weight under section 169.871.