1999 Minnesota Statutes

     219.85 Railroad station, agency service. 

    Agency service at common carrier railroad stations must be 
 that required by the public convenience and necessity.  No 
 station may be abandoned nor agency service reduced, 
 discontinued, established, reestablished, or expanded without 
 the approval of the commissioner of transportation after public 
 notice and opportunity for hearing is afforded.  The 
 commissioner shall consider, if submitted, whether the 
 abandonment or reduction will not substantially reduce the level 
 of safety, health, or welfare of the railroad's customers, its 
 employees, or the public.  The commissioner, on its own motion 
 or upon the petition of an interested party, may order station 
 agency service at a station established, reestablished, or 
 expanded after notice and an opportunity for hearing.  When an 
 application has been filed to close or abandon a station or to 
 change station agency service, the commissioner shall provide 
 public notice of the application.  The notice must state that 
 interested persons may object to the application within 30 days 
 after publication of the notice.  On determining that a public 
 hearing is unnecessary for resolution of the material issues 
 relating to the application, the commissioner, no sooner than 30 
 days after publishing the notice, may enter an order finally 
 disposing of the application.  On determining otherwise, the 
 commissioner may not act on the application until a contested 
 case hearing has been conducted under chapter 14.  

    HIST: (4887) RL s 2029; 1961 c 138 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 
 166 s 58; 1980 c 460 s 28; 1980 c 534 s 52; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 
 1; 1986 c 468 s 5; 1990 c 442 s 3; 1998 c 403 s 29