1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying permit requirements for temporary use of 
1.3 	certain rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 
1.4 	160.27, subdivision 10.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 160.27, subdivision 10, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Temporary permit for field application. (a) In connection with the use 
1.9 	of ~~the~~ road right-of-way ~~of a road authority~~ controlled by the commissioner, excluding on 
1.10 	controlled-access highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property 
1.11 	abutting the road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 
1.12 	days, of a pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.
1.13 	(b) The property owner or occupant must:
1.14 	(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;
1.15 	(2) place the force main within the backslope of the ~~road authority's~~ right-of-way 
1.16 	where possible;
1.17 	(3) place pumping equipment outside of the ~~road authority's~~ right-of-way; and
1.18 	(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the ~~road authority~~ commissioner.
1.19 	(c) Once the ~~road authority~~ commissioner has issued a permit, the property owner 
1.20 	or occupant may install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the 
1.21 	permittee's property to where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the 
1.22 	permittee is the owner or occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way 
1.23 	where the force main is to be installed.