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RAILROADS

Accidents, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 5 to 2023 c 68 art 4 s 10

Appropriations, Minn. Law 2009 c 36 art 1 s 3, 2011 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 3

Minnesota Valley railroad track rehabilitation, Minn. Law 2008 c 179 s 16

Appropriations for

Freight and passenger rail, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 1 s 3

Minnesota Valley railroad track rehabilitation, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 5 art 3 s 7 to 2015 1Sp c 5 art 3 s 9

Assessments, right-of-way proceedings, Minn. Law 2016 c 180 s 1

Bridges (structures), clearance between structures and cars, technical correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 93

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Law 2010 c 189 s 15, 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 15, 2018 c 214 art 1 s 16, 2020 5Sp c 3 art 1 s 16, 2023 c 72 art 1 s 16

Chicago Northwestern Railroad, Luce Line Trail, right-of-way, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 4 s 20

Clearance between structures and cars

Definitions, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 92

Exceptions, technical correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 93

Commuter rail, see COMMUTER RAIL, COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM, Minn. Law 2011 c 76 art 1 s 25, 2011 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 9, 2014 c 294 art 1 s 27

Commuter rail system, Minn. Law 2006 c 206, 2006 c 258 s 16

construction contractors, bonds, recording, Minn. Law 2005 c 4 s 32

Crew, Class I, II, or III railroads, minimum crew size, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 75

Crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Crossbuck signs, Minn. Law 2013 c 127 s 54

Signs, types, Minn. Law 2013 c 127 s 53

Yield signs, Minn. Law 2013 c 127 s 55

Crossings, stopping at

Light rail tracks, Minn. Law 2004 c 245 s 1

Until roadway is clear, Minn. Law 2004 c 229

Data, hazardous substance cargo, classification, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 73

Definitions, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 92, 2024 c 123 art 3 s 7

Depots and stations, public accommodations, discrimination, gender identity, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 61, 63

Discharge preparedness

Definitions, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 1 to 2014 c 312 art 10 s 3

Firefighter training, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 4, 9

Highway-rail grade crossing improvements, study, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 10

Pipeline company assessments, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 9

Pollution Control Agency, duties, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 5, 9

Public Safety Department, duties, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 6, 9

Railroad and pipeline safety account, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 9

Railroad company assessments, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 8, 9

Railroads, duties, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 4

Reports about, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 10, 11

State rail safety inspectors, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 10 s 7

Discharge preparedness and response, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 5 to 2023 c 68 art 4 s 10

Revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 85 s 13

Time limits, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 4

Discharge preparedness, reports about, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 2 s 48

Emergency response costs, responsibility, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 2 s 34

employees

Hours, obsolete and redundant law, repeals, Minn. Law 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23

injuries, obstruction of treatment by railroad, Minn. Law 2005 c 136 art 17 s 50, 2005 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 116

Motor carriers of, Minn. Law 2014 c 300

Employees, motor carriers of railroad employees, Minn. Law 2010 c 351 s 55 to 2010 c 351 s 57

Federal aid, passenger rail, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 71

Federal rail service continuation program, Minn. Law 2012 c 287 art 4 s 41 to 2012 c 287 art 4 s 43, 50

Fires caused by

Damages, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 2 s 33

Emergency response costs, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 2 s 34

Freight rail, appropriations, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 1 s 3

Freight rail economic development study, Minn. Law 2012 c 287 art 3 s 44, 2013 c 127 s 48

Freight trains

Commercial driver workforce study, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 3 s 130

Wayside detectors study, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 3 s 129

Freight trains, minimum crew size, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 75

Funding, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 71

Grade crossing warning devices, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 5 art 3 s 13

Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority, Minn. Law 2012 c 293 s 17

Inspections, state rail safety inspections, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 5 art 4 s 101

lands, property taxes

taxes paid by mistake, repeal, Minn. Law 2005 c 151 art 5 s 46

valuation, Minn. Law 2005 c 151 art 5 s 24, 46

Liability, railroad peace officers, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 3 s 3

Light rail, see LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT

Location or relocation, railroads along, across, on, or under trunk highways, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 30

Metropolitan area transit projects, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 104

Minnesota Commercial Railway, capital improvement projects, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 15

Mortgages, recording, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 2 s 7

Native prairie rights-of-way, Minn. Law 2007 c 57 art 1 s 147

Noise barriers, Saint Louis Park, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 12 s 13

Northstar commuter rail, Minn. Law 2014 c 294 art 1 s 27

Obsolete and redundant law, repeals, Minn. Law 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23

Passenger rail, Minn. Law 2009 c 36 art 1 s 3, 2009 c 36 art 3 s 16 to 2009 c 36 art 3 s 18, 23, 2013 c 127 s 51, 52, 2021 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 68 art 1 s 2

Appropriations, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 9 s 6

Projects, plans, Minn. Law 2014 c 227 art 1 s 2

Passenger rail, appropriations, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 1 s 3

Passenger rail, intercity projects, Minn. Law 2010 c 189 s 62

Passenger service, definitions, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 92

Passenger service, funding, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 71

Passenger service, passenger rail, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Passengers, safety, railroad peace officers, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 3 s 3

Planning, statewide freight and passenger rail plan, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 11 s 16, 2021 1Sp c 5 art 4 s 85

Planning, statewide freight and passenger rail plan, Rochester, expenditures, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 5 s 55

Property taxes, administrative appeals, Minn. Law 2013 c 143 art 17 s 11

Property taxes, appeals, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 15 s 20 to 2017 1Sp c 1 art 15 s 23

Property taxes, fair market value, Minn. Law 2011 c 112 art 3 s 1

quiet zones, Minn. Law 2005 1Sp c 6 art 3 s 86, 87

Rail bank property

Leases, conditions, Minn. Law 2008 c 287 art 1 s 88

Violations, Minn. Law 2008 c 287 art 1 s 89

Rail carrier walkways, Minn. Law 2008 c 350 art 2 s 1, 2

Rail service improvement account, Minn. Law 2006 c 258 s 36

Rehabilitation projects, Minn. Law 2008 c 287 art 1 s 87

Studies, Minn. Law 2008 c 350 art 1 s 78

Rail service improvement program, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 107

Rail service improvement program, nonfederal matching grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 5 s 47

Railroad and pipeline safety account, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 9 s 13, 2014 c 312 art 10 s 9

railroad crossings, Minn. Law 2005 1Sp c 6 art 3 s 46, 85

Railroad operators

Driver's license display, exemption, Minn. Law 2012 c 287 art 4 s 16

Driver's license exemption, Minn. Law 2012 c 287 art 4 s 33

Railroad peace officers

Defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 3 s 4, 7

Generally, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 3 s 3

Railroad property, pesticide application, Minn. Law 2009 c 94 art 1 s 60

Railroad wye connections, property taxes, Minn. Law 2009 c 88 art 2 s 8

Railroad yards, lighting, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 11 s 27

regional railroad authorities, see REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITIES

Regional railroad authorities, bus rapid transit systems, Minn. Law 2013 c 127 s 59

Reports given, annual reports, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 16 s 1

Rights-of-way, Minn. Law 2016 c 180 s 2

Rights-of-way, broadband infrastructure, crossing, Minn. Law 2022 c 95 art 5 s 3

Rights-of-way, light rail transit, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2019 c 50 art 1 s 120

Rights-of-way, light rail transit, shared corridor, contracts, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 121

Safety

Appropriations for, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 3 art 1 s 2

Discharge preparedness and response, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 5 to 2023 c 68 art 4 s 10, 2024 c 104 art 1 s 4

Hazardous materials rail safety program, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 13

Hazardous substance cargo, incident response preparedness, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 73

Passenger and property protection, railroad peace officers, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 3 s 3

Rail yards, safety improvements, costs, Minn. Law 2015 c 75 art 2 s 37

Railroad claims on Hennepin County property, limitations, Minn. Law 2015 c 77 art 2 s 76

Walkways, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 109

Short line railroad infrastructure modernization tax credit, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 1 s 41, 48

Short line railroads, maintenance expenses, tax treatment, Minn. Law 2013 c 143 art 6 s 7, 9

speed limits, Orr, Minn. Law 2005 1Sp c 6 art 3 s 101

State rail bank, rights of way, Minn. Law 2012 c 287 art 3 s 47

State rail safety inspector, Minn. Law 2008 c 287 art 1 s 76

State rail safety inspectors, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 2

Statewide freight and passenger rail plan, Minn. Law 2008 c 350 art 1 s 66

Terminals, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 92

Toilets and toilet facilities, operating units or consists, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 110

Track scales, inspections, Minn. Law 2014 c 222 art 1 s 47

Tracks, obstructing space between tracks, unlawful, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 113

Tracks, safety technology grants, Minn. Law 2010 c 351 s 54

Tracks, trespass on, exceptions, Minn. Law 2008 c 350 art 2 s 3

Tracks, yard tracks, definition, Minn. Law 2024 c 104 art 1 s 92

Violations and penalties, motor carriers of railroad employees, requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 3 s 91

Walkways, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 109

Warning device replacement, Minn. Law 2011 1Sp c 12 s 13, 2012 c 293 s 16