1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying requirements for providing access to property 
1.3 	owners upon vacating local roads;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.4 	160.09, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 160.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Local road not vacated in certain cases. When a county highway or town 
1.8 	road is the only means of access to any property or properties containing an area or combined 
1.9 	area of five acres or more, the highway or road shall not be vacated without the consent of 
1.10 	the property owner unless other means of access are provided. A road authority may satisfy 
1.11 	this subdivision by altering the road into a cartway through the proceedings specified in 
1.12 	section 164.07.  When altering a road into a cartway, no town funds may be expended on 
1.13 	maintenance unless the town board determines by resolution that an expenditure is in the 
1.14 	public interest. If the town board does not determine that an expenditure is in the public 
1.15 	interest, the costs of maintaining the cartway are subject to the provisions of section 164.08, 
1.16 	subdivision 3.