HF 1164

2nd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to traffic regulations; modifying provision
governing the passing of a parked emergency vehicle;
providing eligibility criteria for business panels on
logo sign panels; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
sections 160.80, subdivision 1a; 169.18, subdivision
11.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 160.80,
subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Eligibility criteria for business panels.

(a)
To be eligible for a business panel on a logo sign panel, a
business establishment must:

(1) be open for business;

(2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business
and is visible to motorists;

(3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion,
color, age, sex, national origin, creed, marital status, sexual
orientation, or disability;

(4) not impose a cover charge or otherwise require
customers to purchase additional products or services; and

(5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (e).

(b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including
fuel and oil; restroom facilities and drinking water;
continuous, staffed operation at least 12 hours a day, seven
days a week; and public access to a telephone.

(c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day
during normal mealtimes of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide
a continuous, staffed food service operation at least ten hours
a day, seven days a week except holidays as defined in section
645.44, subdivision 5, and except as provided for seasonal food
service businesses; provide seating capacity for at least 20
people; deleted text begin serve meals prepared on the premises; deleted text end and possess any
required state or local licensing or approval. deleted text begin Reheated,
prepackaged, ready-to-eat food is not "food prepared on the
premises." deleted text end Seasonal food service businesses must provide a
continuous, staffed food service operation at least ten hours a
day, seven days a week, during their months of operation.

(d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping
accommodations, provide public access to a telephone, and
possess any required state or local licensing or approval.

(e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping,
include parking accommodations for each campsite, provide
sanitary facilities and drinking water, and possess any required
state or local licensing or approval.

(f) Businesses that do not meet the appropriate criteria in
paragraphs (b) to (e) but that have a signed lease as of January
1, 1998, may retain the business panel until December 31, 2005,
or until they withdraw from the program, whichever occurs first,
provided they continue to meet the criteria in effect in the
department's contract with the logo sign vendor on August 1,
1995. After December 31, 2005, or after withdrawing from the
program, a business must meet the appropriate criteria in
paragraphs (a) to (e) to qualify for a business panel.

(g) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when
they are open for business by either putting the full months of
operation directly on the business panel or by having a "closed"
plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed
for the season.

(h) The maximum distance that an eligible business in
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington
county can be located from the interchange is: for gas
businesses, one mile; for food businesses, two miles; for
lodging businesses, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten
miles.

(i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any
other county can be located from the interchange shall not
exceed 15 miles in either direction.

(j) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists
approaching an interchange view the panels in the following
order: camping, lodging, food, gas.

(k) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to
display all eligible businesses for a specific type of service,
the businesses closest to the interchange have priority over
businesses farther away from the interchange.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.18,
subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

Passing parked emergency vehicle.

When
approaching and before passing deleted text begin an deleted text end new text begin a stationary new text end authorized
emergency vehicle deleted text begin that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next
to a street or highway having two or more lanes in the same
direction deleted text end new text begin displaying emergency lighting new text end , the driver of a
vehicle new text begin , unless otherwise directed by a police officer, new text end shall new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) slow to a minimum of ten miles per hour less than the
posted speed limit; or
new text end

new text begin (2) when driving on a street or highway having two or more
lanes in the same direction, new text end safely move the vehicle to a lane
away from the emergency vehicle new text begin so that, when possible, there is
one full traffic lane of separation or buffer between the
vehicle and the emergency vehicle new text end .