1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; clarifying that specific 
  1.3             service signs may be placed at certain intersections 
  1.4             of trunk highways; defining residential roadway; 
  1.5             defining daytime and nighttime; directing the 
  1.6             commissioner of transportation to determine cost 
  1.7             reimbursement policies; correcting obsolete reference; 
  1.8             repealing deadline requirement for noise barriers on 
  1.9             trunk highway No. 280 project; directing commissioner 
  1.10            of transportation to study and prepare a report 
  1.11            proposing a comprehensive, statewide highway access 
  1.12            management policy; directing transfer of ownership of 
  1.13            licenses for public safety radio system frequencies; 
  1.14            amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 160.292, 
  1.15            subdivision 5; 169.01, subdivision 81, and by adding 
  1.16            subdivisions; 169.14, subdivision 5d; 174.23, by 
  1.17            adding a subdivision; and 473.894, subdivision 3; 
  1.18            repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 8840.0100; 8840.0200; 
  1.19            8840.0300; 8840.0400; 8840.0500; 8840.0600; 8840.0700; 
  1.20            8840.0800; 8840.0900; 8840.1000; 8840.1100; 8840.1200; 
  1.21            and 8840.1300. 
  1.22  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.23     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 160.292, 
  1.24  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.25     Subd. 5.  [NONFREEWAY TRUNK HIGHWAY.] "Nonfreeway trunk 
  1.26  highway" means all (1) roadways that are not designated freeways 
  1.27  and that have crossing traffic at grade intersections and (2) 
  1.28  bypasses of outstate municipalities that have interchanges at 
  1.29  intersections of trunk highways with local roads or with other 
  1.30  trunk highways. 
  1.31     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.01, 
  1.32  subdivision 81, is amended to read: 
  1.33     Subd. 81.  [RESIDENTIAL ROADWAY.] Residential roadway means 
  2.1   a street or portion of a street that is less than one-quarter 
  2.2   mile in length and is functionally classified by the 
  2.3   commissioner of transportation as a local street by the road 
  2.4   authority having jurisdiction. 
  2.5      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.01, is 
  2.6   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.7      Subd. 84.  [DAYTIME.] For purposes of regulating the 
  2.8   operation of a motor vehicle, "daytime" means the time from 
  2.9   one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. 
  2.10     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.01, is 
  2.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.12     Subd. 85.  [NIGHTTIME.] For purposes of regulating the 
  2.13  operation of a motor vehicle, "nighttime" means the time from 
  2.14  one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. 
  2.15     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, 
  2.16  subdivision 5d, is amended to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 5d.  [SPEED ZONING IN WORK ZONES; SURCHARGE.] (a) The 
  2.18  commissioner, on trunk highways and temporary trunk highways, 
  2.19  and local authorities, on streets and highways under their 
  2.20  jurisdiction, may authorize the use of reduced maximum speed 
  2.21  limits in highway work zones.  The commissioner or local 
  2.22  authority is not required to conduct an engineering and traffic 
  2.23  investigation before authorizing a reduced speed limit in a 
  2.24  highway work zone. 
  2.25     (b) The minimum highway work zone speed limit is 20 miles 
  2.26  per hour.  The work zone speed limit must not reduce the 
  2.27  established speed limit on the affected street or highway by 
  2.28  more than 15 miles per hour, except that the highway work zone 
  2.29  speed limit shall not exceed 40 miles per hour.  Highway work 
  2.30  zone speed limits are effective on erection of appropriate 
  2.31  regulatory speed limit signs.  The signs must be removed or 
  2.32  covered when they are not required.  A speed greater than the 
  2.33  posted highway work zone speed limit is unlawful.  
  2.34     (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "highway work zone" 
  2.35  means a segment of highway or street where a road authority or 
  2.36  its agent is constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining the 
  3.1   physical structure of the roadway, its shoulders, or features 
  3.2   adjacent to the roadway, including underground and overhead 
  3.3   utilities and highway appurtenances. 
  3.4      (d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other 
  3.5   law to the contrary, a person who violates a speed limit 
  3.6   established under paragraph (b), or who violates any other 
  3.7   provision of this section or section 169.141 while in a highway 
  3.8   work zone, is assessed an additional surcharge equal to the 
  3.9   amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less 
  3.10  than $25. 
  3.11     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 174.23, is 
  3.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.13     Subd. 9.  [COST REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES.] The commissioner 
  3.14  of transportation shall establish reimbursement policies based 
  3.15  on the cost principles of the federal acquisition regulations to 
  3.16  determine the reasonableness and allowability of various costs, 
  3.17  including overhead factors, direct salary costs, and other costs 
  3.18  of design and consultant contracts. 
  3.19     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.894, 
  3.20  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  3.21     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION TO FCC.] Within 180 days from 
  3.22  adoption of the regionwide public safety radio system 
  3.23  communication plan the commissioner of transportation, on behalf 
  3.24  of the state of Minnesota, shall use the plan adopted by the 
  3.25  board under subdivision 2 to submit an extended implementation 
  3.26  application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for 
  3.27  the NPSPAC channels and other public safety frequencies 
  3.28  available for use in the metropolitan area and necessary to 
  3.29  implement the plan.  Local governments and all other public or 
  3.30  private entities eligible under part 90 of the FCC rules shall 
  3.31  not apply for public safety channels in the 821 to 824 and 866 
  3.32  to 869 megahertz bands for use within the metropolitan counties 
  3.33  until the FCC takes final action on the regional application 
  3.34  submitted under this section.  Exceptions to the restrictions on 
  3.35  the application for the NPSPAC channels may be granted by the 
  3.36  radio board.  The Minnesota department of transportation shall 
  4.1   hold the master system licenses for all public safety 
  4.2   frequencies assigned to the metropolitan area issued by the FCC 
  4.3   first phase under the board's plan and these channels shall be 
  4.4   used for the implementation of the plan.  Local governments and 
  4.5   other public and private entities eligible under part 90 of the 
  4.6   FCC rules may apply to the FCC as colicensees for subscriber 
  4.7   equipment and those portions of the network infrastructure owned 
  4.8   by them.  Application for colicensing under this section shall 
  4.9   require the concurrence of the radio board.  The radio board 
  4.10  shall hold the master system licenses for the public safety 
  4.11  frequencies assigned to local government subsystems under the 
  4.12  board's plan and these channels shall be used for implementation 
  4.13  of the plan.  Upon approval by the board of a local government's 
  4.14  subsystem plan and evidence of a signed contract with a vendor 
  4.15  for construction of a subsystem consistent with the board's 
  4.16  system plan, the board shall apply to the FCC to transfer to the 
  4.17  local government the licenses for the public safety frequencies 
  4.18  assigned by the plan for use in the network infrastructure owned 
  4.19  by the local government.  The radio board, the Minnesota 
  4.20  department of transportation, and local subsystem owners shall 
  4.21  jointly colicense all subscriber equipment for the backbone 
  4.22  system. 
  4.23     Sec. 8.  [HIGHWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT POLICY STUDY.] 
  4.24     The commissioner of transportation shall gather information 
  4.25  and consult with public officials of towns, cities, counties, 
  4.26  and other political subdivisions to consider views and proposals 
  4.27  for establishing a comprehensive, statewide highway access 
  4.28  management policy.  The commissioner shall make findings and 
  4.29  prepare a report to the legislature, with recommendations, 
  4.30  covering a wide range of interrelated land use, engineering, and 
  4.31  legal procedures and planning designed to maximize the 
  4.32  operational efficiency and safety of all functional categories 
  4.33  of roadways.  The commissioner of transportation shall submit 
  4.34  the report to the legislature by January 15, 1999. 
  4.35     Sec. 9.  [REPEALER.] 
  4.36     Minnesota Rules, parts 8840.0100; 8840.0200; 8840.0300; 
  5.1   8840.0400; 8840.0500; 8840.0600; 8840.0700; 8840.0800; 
  5.2   8840.0900; 8840.1000; 8840.1100; 8840.1200; and 8840.1300, are 
  5.3   repealed. 
  5.4      Sec. 10.  [APPLICATION.] 
  5.5      Section 7 applies in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 
  5.6   Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties. 
  5.7      Sec. 11.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.8      Sections 1 to 10 are effective the day following final 
  5.9   enactment.