as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to highways; authorizing counties to 1.3 designate county highways as cartways; amending 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 163.11, by adding a 1.5 subdivision. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 163.11, is 1.8 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 1.9 Subd. 4a. [DESIGNATION AS COUNTY CARTWAY.] A county board 1.10 that has vacated a county highway under subdivision 4 may 1.11 designate, as part of the vacating resolution, the former county 1.12 highway as a county cartway. A highway designated as a county 1.13 cartway is a county highway for purposes of this chapter, but 1.14 the county board may not expend money from its road and bridge 1.15 fund on the maintenance or improvement of a county cartway 1.16 unless the county board determines that the expenditure is in 1.17 the public interest.