<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 861<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to transportation finance; establishing the budget for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>activities; modifying various provisions governing transportation finance and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>policy; establishing a fund; requiring reports; appropriating money; authorizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>the sale and issuance of state bonds;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>16A.88, subdivision 2; 53C.01, subdivision 2; 115A.908, subdivision 2; 117.189; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>160.18, by adding a subdivision; 161.081, subdivision 3; 161.088, subdivisions 4,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>5, 7; 161.115, subdivision 190; 161.14, by adding subdivisions; 161.321, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision 6; 161.38, by adding a subdivision; 161.44, subdivisions 5, 6a, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>adding a subdivision; 162.145, subdivision 2; 168.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>168.27, by adding a subdivision; 168.33, subdivision 2; 168A.09, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>169.011, subdivision 34; 169.18, subdivisions 5, 7; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>169.442, subdivision 5; 169.443, subdivision 2; 169.444, subdivision 2; 169.449, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 1; 169.4501, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.4503, subdivisions 4, 7, 14, 23, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>30; 169.64, subdivision 8; 169.865, subdivision 3; 171.02, subdivision 2b; 171.06,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivision 2a; 171.061, subdivision 3; 171.12, subdivision 6; 173.02, subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>18, 23, by adding subdivisions; 173.06, subdivision 1; 173.07, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>173.08, by adding subdivisions; 173.13, subdivision 11; 173.16, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivisions; 174.03, subdivisions 1a, 1c, by adding a subdivision; 174.50, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivisions 5, 6b, 6c, 7; 174.56, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 174.93;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>219.166; 219.20, subdivision 1; 221.031, by adding a subdivision; 222.49; 222.50,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 299D.03, subdivision 6; 473.13, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>1; 473.146, subdivision 3; 473.388, subdivision 4; 473.39, by adding a subdivision;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>473.3994, by adding subdivisions; 473.4051, subdivision 3; Laws 2015, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>75, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>Statutes, chapters 168; 169; 173; 174; 219; 398A; 471; 473; repealing Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>Statutes 2016, sections 161.115, subdivision 32; 169.4502, subdivision 5; 473.4051,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.0800, subpart 3; 8810.1300, subpart <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>May 9, 2017<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 861 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 861 be further amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>"<br />
            		<b>ARTICLE 1</b>
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
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               <td><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7">Section 1. <b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		<b> </b>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the trunk
         highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for
         each purpose. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in the corresponding columns marked
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>"Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and do not have legal effect. Unless specified
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>otherwise, the amounts in the second year under "Appropriations by Fund" show the
         base <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, by fund.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>figures "2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed
         under them <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively.
         "The <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium"
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>fiscal years 2018 and 2019.<br />
         		
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2018</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2019</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>DEPARTMENT OF </b><br />
                  		<b>TRANSPORTATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		<b> </b>
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,990,529,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,912,541,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">23,458,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">38,358,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Airports<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">34,812,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">21,909,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>C.S.A.H.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">775,251,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">802,819,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>M.S.A.S.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">194,122,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">201,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left">Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,960,386,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,848,435,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>The appropriations in this section are to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>commissioner of transportation. The amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>that may be spent for each purpose are <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>specified in the following subdivisions.<br />
         		
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            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Multimodal Systems</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(a) <b>Aeronautics</b><br />
         		
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(1) <b>Airport Development and Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"> 26,001,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"> 16,598,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>This appropriation is from the state airports <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>fund and must be spent according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>available for five years after the year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>appropriation. If the appropriation for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>$6,619,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>the Duluth Airport Authority to provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>federal match to design and construct runway <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>infrastructure at the Duluth International <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>Airport or the Sky Harbor Airport in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>360.017. For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>appropriation, the commissioner may waive <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>section 360.305, subdivision 4, paragraph (b). <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>$2,334,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>the city of Rochester to design, rehabilitate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>demolish, and expand portions of the existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>passenger terminal building at the Rochester <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>International Airport, provided that this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>amount also includes money to remodel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>construct, furnish, and equip the existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>passenger terminal building and associated <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>appurtenances to meet the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>Customs and Border Protection and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>Transportation Security Administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>standards for safety, security, and processing <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>time to accommodate domestic and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>international flights. The capital improvements <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>paid for with this appropriation may be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>as the local contribution required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>subdivision 4. This appropriation may be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>to reimburse the city for costs incurred after <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>May 1, 2016. This appropriation is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>available until the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>management and budget has determined that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>at least an equal amount has been committed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>to the project from nonstate sources. Work <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>that may be completed with this appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>includes but is not limited to (i) site <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>preparation, including utilities, site civil work, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>testing, and construction administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>services, (ii) the relocation, modification, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>addition of airline ticket counters, baggage <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>claim devices, public spaces, offices, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>restrooms, support space, break rooms, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>lockers, equipment storage, communications, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>hallways, building signage, medical visitor <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>rooms, special needs accommodations, hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>rooms, secure storage, equipment maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>area, and building engineering and technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>systems, (iii) improvements needed outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>the terminal to remove, restore, and tie into <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>adjacent utilities, sidewalks, driveways, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>parking lots, and aircraft aprons, and (iv) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>construction of covered exterior equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>storage. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>360.017, $250,000 in the first year is for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>grant to the city of St. Cloud for an air <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>transport optimization planning study for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>St. Cloud Regional Airport. The study must <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>be comprehensive and market-based, using <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>economic development and air service <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>expertise to research, analyze, and develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>models and strategies that maximize the return <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>on investments made to enhance the use and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>impact of the St. Cloud Regional Airport. By <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>January 5, 2018, the city of St. Cloud shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>submit a report to the governor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>members and staff of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>committees with jurisdiction over capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>investment, transportation, and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>development with recommendations based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>the findings of the study. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>determines that a balance remains in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>airports fund following the appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>made in this article and that the appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>made are insufficient for advancing airport <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>development and assistance projects, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>amount necessary to advance the projects, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>to exceed the balance in the state airports fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>is appropriated in each year to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>commissioner and must be spent according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>subdivision 4. Within two weeks of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>determination under this contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>appropriation, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>transportation must notify the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>of management and budget and the chairs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>ranking minority members, and staff of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>transportation finance concerning the funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>appropriated. Funds appropriated under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>contingent appropriation do not adjust the base  <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>The base is $15,298,000 in each of fiscal years <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>2020 and 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(2)<b> Aviation Support and Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,854,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,231,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,231,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,479,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,623,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(3) <b>Civil Air Patrol</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,580,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">80,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>This appropriation is from the state airports <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>fund for the Civil Air Patrol.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>$3,500,000 in the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>renovate a portion of and construct an addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>to the training and maintenance facility located <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>at the South St. Paul airport, and to furnish <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>and equip the facility, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>communications equipment. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>subdivision 6, this appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>for five years after the year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>appropriation. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Transit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,241,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">18,268,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="91px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">395,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">17,395,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">846,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">873,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>$150,000 in each year is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>for grants to transportation management <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>organizations that provide services exclusively <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>or primarily in the city located along the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>marked Interstate Highway 494 corridor <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>having the highest population as of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>effective date of this section. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>commissioner must not retain any portion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>the funds appropriated under this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>From the appropriation in each fiscal year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>commissioner must make grant payments in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>full by July 31. Permissible uses of funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>under this grant include administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>expenses and programming and service <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>expansion, including but not limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>staffing, communications, outreach and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>education program development, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>operations management. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>The base from the general fund is $17,245,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>in each year for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Safe Routes to School</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>for the safe routes to school program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>(d) <b>Freight</b><br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(1) <b>Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,356,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,928,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,506,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">406,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,522,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>$1,100,000 in the first year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>fund for port development assistance grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 457A, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>the city of Red Wing and to the Port Authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>of Winona. Any improvements made with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>proceeds of the grants must be publicly owned. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>This is a onetime appropriation and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>$150,000 in each year is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>for additional rail safety and rail service <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>$1,000,000 in the first year is from the rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>service improvement account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>revenue fund for a grant to the city of Grand <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>Rapids to fund rail planning studies, design, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>and preliminary engineering relating to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>construction of a freight rail line located in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>counties of Itasca, St. Louis, and Lake to serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>local producers and shippers. The city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>Grand Rapids shall collaborate with the Itasca <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>Economic Development Corporation and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>the activities funded with the proceeds of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>grant. This is a onetime appropriation and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>available until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>$1,500,000 in the first year is from the rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>service improvement account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>revenue fund for a grant to a railroad company <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>classified by federal law as a Class III railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>or Class III carrier, to repair or rehabilitate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>line of railroad track that serves at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>industrial park located in the metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>473.121, subdivision 2. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>appropriation and is available until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>2019.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(2) <b>Hazardous Materials Rail Safety</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>for the hazardous materials rail safety program <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>and grants under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>219.016. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Operations and Maintenance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">344,325,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">332,313,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>The base is $324,256,000 in fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>and $322,674,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Program Planning and Delivery</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(1) <b>Planning and Research</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">34,588,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">32,643,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>If a balance remains of this appropriation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>commissioner may transfer up to that amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>for program delivery under clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>Up to $160,000 in the first year is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>highway construction costs and cost inflation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>study under article 3, section 137. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>$130,000 in each year is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>administrative costs of the targeted group <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>business program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>$266,000 in each year is available for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>to metropolitan planning organizations outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>the seven-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>$900,000 in each year is available for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>for transportation studies outside the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>metropolitan area to identify critical concerns, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>problems, and issues. These grants are <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>available:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>(1) to regional development commissions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>(2) in regions where no regional development <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>commission is functioning, to joint powers <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>boards established under agreement of two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>more political subdivisions in the region to <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>exercise the planning functions of a regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>development commission; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>(3) in regions where no regional development <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>commission or joint powers board is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>functioning, to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>Transportation district office for that region.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>The base is $31,972,000 in fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>and $31,840,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(2) <b>Program Delivery</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">231,855,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">224,764,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>This appropriation includes use of consultants <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>to support development and management of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>Up to $140,000 in the first year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>development, implementation, and reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>on project selection policy under article 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>section 128. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>$1,000,000 in each year is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>management of contaminated and regulated <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>material on property owned by the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>of Transportation, including mitigation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>property conveyances, facility acquisition or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>expansion, chemical release at maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>facilities, and spills on the trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>system where there is no known responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>party. If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>The base is $219,393,000 in fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>and $218,338,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c)<b> State Road Construction</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,012,315,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">891,055,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>This appropriation is for the actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>construction, reconstruction, and improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>of trunk highways, including design-build <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>contracts, internal department costs associated <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>with delivering the construction program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>consultant usage to support these activities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>and the cost of actual payments to landowners <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>relocation expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>This appropriation includes federal highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>aid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>The commissioner may expend up to one-half <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>of one percent of the federal appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>under this paragraph as grants to opportunity <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>industrialization centers and other nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>job training centers for job training programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>related to highway construction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>The commissioner may transfer up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>$15,000,000 each year to the transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>revolving loan fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>The commissioner may receive money <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>covering other shares of the cost of partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>projects. These receipts are appropriated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>the commissioner for these projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>The base is $871,586,000 in fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>and $867,763,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Corridors of Commerce</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>This appropriation is for the corridors of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>commerce program under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>section 161.088.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>The commissioner may use up to 17 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>of the amount each year for program delivery.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) <b>Highway Debt Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">225,536,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">253,625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>$216,036,000 in fiscal year 2018 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>$244,125,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>transfer to the state bond fund. If this <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>appropriation is insufficient to make all <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>transfers required in the year for which it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>made, the commissioner of management and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>budget must transfer the deficiency amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>under the statutory open appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>notify the chairs, ranking minority members, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>and staff of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>the chairs of the senate Finance Committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>and the house of representatives Ways and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>Means Committee of the amount of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>deficiency. Any excess appropriation cancels <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>to the trunk highway fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(f) <b>Statewide Radio Communications</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">5,648,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">5,829,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,645,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,826,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>$3,000 in each year is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>to equip and operate the Roosevelt signal <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>tower for Lake of the Woods weather <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>broadcasting.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Local Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) <b>County State-Aid Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">782,251,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">809,819,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>C.S.A.H.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">775,251,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">802,819,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">7,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>The appropriation from the county state-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>highway fund is under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>sections 161.081 and 297A.815, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>3, and chapter 162, and is available until June <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>30, 2027.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>$5,000,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>fund for distribution to counties in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>construction, reconstruction, and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>of county highways, including county state-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>highways. The distribution must be calculated <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>so that each county receives from this amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>the percentage that its population, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>subdivision 3, estimated or established by July <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>15 of the year prior to the current calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>year, bears to the total population of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>counties receiving funds under this rider. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>purposes of this rider, the population of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>county containing a statutory or home rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>charter city of the first class is calculated at <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>0.25 multiplied by that county's population as <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>otherwise determined. All projects must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>located outside cities of the first class. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>$2,000,000 in each year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>fund for town roads, to be distributed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>manner provided under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>section 162.081. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>county state-aid highway fund following the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>appropriations and transfers made in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>paragraph, and that the appropriations made <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>are insufficient for advancing county state-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>highway projects, an amount necessary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>advance the projects, not to exceed the balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>in the county state-aid highway fund, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>appropriated in each year to the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>Within two weeks of a determination under <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>this contingent appropriation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>commissioner of transportation shall notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>the commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>and the chairs, ranking minority members, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>staff of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>concerning funds appropriated. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>commissioner shall identify in the next budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>submission to the legislature under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>Statutes, section 16A.11, any amount that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>appropriated under this paragraph.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Municipal State-Aid Roads</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">194,122,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">201,020,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>This appropriation is from the municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>state-aid street fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>chapter 162, and is available until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>2027.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>If the commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>determines that a balance remains in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>municipal state-aid street fund following the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>appropriations and transfers made in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>paragraph, and that the appropriations made <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>are insufficient for advancing municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>state-aid street projects, an amount necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>to advance the projects, not to exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>balance in the municipal state-aid street fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>is appropriated in each year to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>commissioner. Within two weeks of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>determination under this contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>appropriation, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>transportation shall notify the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>of management and budget and the chairs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>ranking minority members, and staff of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>transportation finance concerning funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>appropriated. The commissioner shall identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>in the next budget submission to the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, any <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>amount that is appropriated under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>paragraph.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) <b>Small Cities Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">10,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">10,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>for the small cities assistance program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 162.145. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Agency Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Agency Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">44,316,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">45,206,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Buildings</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">28,585,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">29,439,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="94px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">54,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">28,531,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">29,385,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>of transportation for building construction for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>any fiscal year before the first year is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>to the commissioner during the biennium to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>the extent that the commissioner spends the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>money on the building construction projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>for which the money was originally <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>encumbered during the fiscal year for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>it was appropriated. If the appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Tort Claims</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(a) With the approval of the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>management and budget, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>of transportation may transfer unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>balances among the appropriations from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>trunk highway fund and the state airports fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>made in this section. Transfers under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>paragraph must not be made:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>(1) between funds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>(2) from the appropriations for state road <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>construction or debt service; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>(3) from the appropriations for operations and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>maintenance or program delivery, except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>a transfer to state road construction or debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(b) The commissioner of transportation must <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>immediately report transfers under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>(a) to the chairs, ranking minority members, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>and staff of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>authority for the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>transportation to make transfers under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.285, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>superseded by the authority and requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>(c) The commissioner of transportation must <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>transfer from the flexible highway account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>the county state-aid highway fund the entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>amount in each year to the county turnback <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>account in the county state-aid highway fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>The funds transferred are for highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>section 161.081, subdivision 3.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 7.<b>Previous State Road Construction </b><br />
                  		<b>Appropriations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>of transportation for state road construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>for any fiscal year before the first year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>available to the commissioner during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>biennium to the extent that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>spends the money on the state road <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>construction project for which the money was <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>originally encumbered during the fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>for which it was appropriated.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 8.<b>Contingent Appropriations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>The commissioner of transportation, with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>approval of the governor and the written <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>approval of at least five members of a group <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>consisting of the members of the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>Advisory Commission under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>Statutes, section 3.30, and the ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>members of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance, may <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>transfer all or part of the unappropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>balance in the trunk highway fund to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>appropriation:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>(1) for trunk highway design, construction, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>inspection that takes advantage of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>unanticipated receipt of income to the trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>highway fund or federal advanced construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>funding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>(2) for emergency trunk highway maintenance; <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>or<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(3) to pay tort or environmental claims.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>commissioner to increase the use of federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>advanced construction funding beyond <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>amounts specifically authorized. Any transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>as a result of the use of federal advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>construction funding must include an analysis <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>of the effects on the long-term trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>fund balance. The amount transferred is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>appropriated for the purpose of the account to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>which it is transferred.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 9.<b>Requirements for Certain Legal </b><br />
                  		<b>Activities</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>The commissioner of transportation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>prohibited from permitting legal counsel <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>employed by the Department of Transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>to perform activities related to response to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>data practices request of the department under <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>commissioner must enter into an agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>with the attorney general for exclusive services <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>regarding these activities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>116,046,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>114,820,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>for transit system operations under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>473.371</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>473.449</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>$1,000,000 in the first year is for financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>assistance to replacement service providers <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>for the purposes of the suburb-to-suburb transit <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>demonstration project authorized under Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>2015, chapter 75, article 1, section 4. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>council must not retain any portion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>funds under this appropriation. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>Up to $226,000 in the first year is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>comprehensive transit finance report under <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.93. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>onetime appropriation and is available in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>The base is $89,820,000 in fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>and $89,820,000 in fiscal year 2021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>199,838,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>199,407,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,971,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">14,381,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>63,945,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">65,087,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,474,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,486,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>105,448,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">109,453,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>The appropriations in this section are to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>commissioner of public safety. The amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>that may be spent for each purpose are <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>specified in the following subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Administration and Related Services</b><br />
                  		<b> </b>
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Office of Communications</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">553,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">573,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">127,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">130,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">426,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">443,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.6"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Public Safety Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,372,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,569,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,225,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,235,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>1,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,781,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,968,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Public Safety Officer Survivor Benefits</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">640,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">640,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>for payment of public safety officer survivor <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>299A.44
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) <b>Public Safety Officer Reimbursements</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,367,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,367,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>This appropriation is from the general fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>be deposited in the public safety officer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>benefit account. This money is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>299A.465</statute_ref>.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(e) <b>Soft Body Armor Reimbursements</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>This appropriation is for soft body armor <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>section 
         <statute_ref>299A.38</statute_ref>.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(f) <b>Technology and Support Service</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,777,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,814,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,353,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,365,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>19,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">19,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,405,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,430,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>State Patrol</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) <b>Patrolling Highways</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">95,689,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">93,323,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,787,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">37,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>92,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">92,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">89,810,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">93,194,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>$5,750,000 from the general fund in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>year is to purchase a helicopter for the State <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>Patrol. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>From this appropriation, State Patrol trainee <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>salaries as provided under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>section 299D.03, subdivision 6, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>provided as follows: (1) for trainees in the Law <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>Enforcement Training Opportunity program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>80 percent of the basic salary for patrol <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>officers; and (2) for all other trainees, 100 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>percent of the basic salary.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Commercial Vehicle Enforcement</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,455,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,826,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) <b>Capitol Security</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,402,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">8,537,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>This appropriation is from the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>The commissioner must not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>(1) spend any money from the trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>fund for capitol security; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>(2) permanently transfer any state trooper from <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>the patrolling highways activity to capitol <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>security.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>The commissioner must not transfer any <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>money appropriated to the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>(1) to capitol security; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>(2) from capitol security.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) <b>Vehicle Crimes Unit</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">761,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">773,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>This appropriation is from the highway user <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>tax distribution fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>This appropriation is to investigate:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>(1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>liabilities from individuals and businesses that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>currently do not pay all taxes owed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>(2) illegal or improper activity related to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>sale, transfer, titling, and registration of motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>vehicles.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) <b>Vehicle Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">30,745,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">31,159,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>22,509,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">22,923,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>H.U.T.D.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">8,236,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">8,236,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>The special revenue fund appropriation is from <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>the vehicle services operating account.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) <b>Driver Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">32,014,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">32,725,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>This appropriation is from the driver services <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>operating account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>$156,000 in each year is to maintain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>automated knowledge test system.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) <b>Minnesota Licensing and Registration System </b><br />
                  		<b>(MNLARS)</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>This appropriation is for operations and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>maintenance of the driver and vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>information system known as the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>Licensing and Registration System.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>$1,000,000 in the first year and $5,265,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>the second year are from the driver services <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>operating account in the special revenue fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>$7,000,000 in the first year and $2,735,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>the second year are from the vehicle services <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>operating account in the special revenue fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Traffic Safety</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">941,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">962,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">470,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">470,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Trunk Highway<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">471,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">492,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>The appropriation from the general fund in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>each year is for maintenance of the crash <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>record system.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Pipeline Safety</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,422,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,439,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>This appropriation is from the pipeline safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>MINNESOTA RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT TRANSFER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;$3,500,000 in fiscal year 2018 is transferred from the general fund to the rail service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>improvement account in the special revenue fund. This is a onetime transfer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>$1,100,000 of the appropriation for port development assistance under Laws 2015, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>chapter 75, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph (e), is canceled to the
         general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>on June 30, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. <b>APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>(a) In the budget submission to the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
         16A.11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner of transportation, and the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>of public safety with respect to the transportation portion of the public safety budget,
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>present budget narratives and proposed appropriations for each appropriation established
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>in sections 2 and 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>(b) In the budget submission to the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section
         16A.11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the metropolitan council must present budget narratives
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>the proposed appropriations, if any, for each of the following categories: metro mobility,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>contracted bus service, regular route bus service, light rail transit, commuter rail,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>transportation planning, and allocation to the regional administration.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var><br />
            		<b>ARTICLE 2</b>
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var><b>TRANSPORTATION BONDS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. <b>BOND APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the state agencies or officials indicated,
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>appropriated in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state
         agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="50.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center"><b>SUMMARY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Department of Transportation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Department of Management and Budget<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>TOTAL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>600,600,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td colspan="2" align="right"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>DEPARTMENT OF </b><br />
                  		<b>TRANSPORTATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Corridors of Commerce</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b> </b><b>300,000,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>This appropriation is to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>transportation for the corridors of commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>161.088.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>The commissioner may use up to 17 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>of the amount each year for program delivery.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>State Road Construction</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>300,000,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>This appropriation is to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>transportation for construction, reconstruction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>and improvement of trunk highways, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>design-build contracts and use of consultants <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>to support these activities. This includes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>cost of actual payment to landowners for lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>acquired for highway rights-of-way, payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>to lessees, interest subsidies, and relocation <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>This appropriation is available in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>2019.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>Cancellations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>The appropriations in this section cancel as <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>specified under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>16A.642, except that the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>management and budget shall count the start <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>of authorization for issuance of state bonds as <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>the first day of the fiscal year during which <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>the bonds are available to be issued as <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>specified under subdivision 1 or 2, and not as <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>the date of enactment of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>BOND SALE EXPENSES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>600,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>This appropriation is to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>management and budget for bond sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>subdivision 4, and is available in the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>of $300,000 in each of fiscal years 2018 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
         bonds <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>of the state in an amount up to $600,600,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest
         and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds
         account <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>in the trunk highway fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>This article is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var><br />
            		<b>ARTICLE 3</b>
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var><b>TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FINANCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 15A.0815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Group II salary limits.</b> The salary for a position listed in this subdivision shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>not exceed 120 percent of the salary of the governor. This limit must be adjusted
         annually <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>on January 1. The new limit must equal the limit for the prior year increased by the
         percentage <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers from October
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>second prior year to October of the immediately prior year. The commissioner of management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>and budget must publish the limit on the department's Web site. This subdivision applies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>to the following positions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive director of Gambling Control Board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Commissioner, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Commissioner, Bureau of Mediation Services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~Chair, Metropolitan Council;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;School trust lands director;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive director of pari-mutuel racing; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2019, and applies in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 53C.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Cash sale price.</b> "Cash sale price" means the price at which the seller would <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>in good faith sell to the buyer, and the buyer would in good faith buy from the seller,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>motor vehicle which is the subject matter of the retail installment contract, if such
         sale were <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>a sale for cash, instead of a retail installment sale. The cash sale price may include
         any taxes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>charges for delivery, servicing, repairing, or improving the motor vehicle, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>accessories and their installation, and any other charges agreed upon between the
         parties. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>The cash price may ~~not~~ include a documentary fee or document administration fee ~~in excess~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>~~of $75 for services actually rendered to, for, or on behalf of, the retail buyer in~~
         ~~preparing,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>~~handling, and processing documents relating to the motor vehicle and the closing of~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>~~retail sale~~ authorized under section 168.27, subdivision 31. ~~"Documentary fee" and "document~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>~~administration fee" do not include an optional electronic transfer fee as defined~~
         ~~under~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>~~subdivision 14.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.016, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var><b>85.016 BICYCLE TRAIL PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>The commissioner of natural resources ~~shall~~ must establish a program for the development <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>of bicycle trails utilizing the state trails authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>85.015</statute_ref>, other state parks and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>recreation land, and state forests. "Bicycle trail," as used in this section, has
         the meaning <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>given in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011</statute_ref>. The program ~~shall~~ must be coordinated with the local park trail <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>grant program established by the commissioner pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>85.019</statute_ref>, with the ~~bikeway~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>~~program~~ state bicycle routes established by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>~~160.265~~</statute_ref> 160.266, and with existing and proposed local bikeways. In the metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>area as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121</statute_ref>, the program ~~shall~~ must be developed in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>plans and priorities established by the Metropolitan Council. The commissioner ~~shall~~ must <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>provide technical assistance to local units of government in planning and developing
         bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>trails in local parks. The bicycle trail program ~~shall~~ must, as a minimum, describe the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>location, design, construction, maintenance, and land acquisition needs of each component
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>trail ~~and shall give due consideration to the model standards for the establishment of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>~~recreational vehicle lanes promulgated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant~~
         ~~to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>~~section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~160.262~~</statute_ref>. The program ~~shall~~ must be developed after consultation with the state trail <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>council and regional and local units of government and bicyclist organizations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Clean Air Act settlement money.</b> "Clean Air Act settlement money" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>money required to be paid to the state as a result of litigation or settlements of
         alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>violations of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401,
         et seq., <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>or rules adopted thereunder, by an automobile manufacturer. The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>management and budget must establish the Clean Air Act settlement account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>environmental fund. Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>management and budget must deposit Clean Air Act settlement money into the Clean Air
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>Act settlement account. Clean Air Act settlement money must not be spent until it
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>specifically appropriated by law. The commissioner of management and budget must <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>eliminate the Clean Air Act settlement account in the environmental fund after all
         Clean <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>Air Act settlement money has been expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 117.189, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var><b>117.189 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION EXCEPTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>(a) Sections 
         <statute_ref>117.031</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.036</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.055</statute_ref>, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); 
         <statute_ref>117.186</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>117.187</statute_ref>; <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>117.188
         </statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>117.52</statute_ref>, subdivisions 1a and 4, do not apply to the use of eminent domain <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>authority by public service corporations for any purpose other than construction or
         expansion <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>(1) a high-voltage transmission line of 100 kilovolts or more, or ancillary substations;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>~~or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>(2) a natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products pipeline, or ancillary compressor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>stations or pumping stations~~.~~; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>(3) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of an award of appraisal fees under section 
         <statute_ref>117.085</statute_ref>, the fees awarded <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>may not exceed $1,500 for all types of property except for a public service corporation's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>use of eminent domain for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) a high-voltage transmission line, where the award may not exceed $3,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) a light rail transit or bus rapid transit line, where the award shall be as provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>section 117.085.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>(c) For purposes of this section, "pipeline" does not include a natural gas distribution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>line transporting gas to an end user.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Bikeway.</b> "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the
         exclusive <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, subdivision 27, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 27. <b>Roadway; bicycle lane; bicycle route; bicycle path</b>~~<b>; bikeway</b>~~<b>.</b> The terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>"roadway," "bicycle lane," "bicycle route," and "bicycle path~~,~~" ~~and "bikeway"~~ have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>meanings given in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 27a. <b>Shared use path.</b> "Shared use path" means a bicycle facility that is (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier,
         (2) located <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>within either the highway right-of-way or an independent right-of-way, and (3) available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>for use by other nonmotorized users.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Trunk highway appeal process.</b> If the commissioner denies or revokes a trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>highway access permit, the property owner or occupant must be notified of the denial
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>revocation in writing within ten days of the denial or revocation. Within 30 days
         of receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>the notice of denial or revocation, the property owner or occupant may appeal the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>commissioner's action in a contested case proceeding under chapter 14. Notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>section 14.61, the report or order of the administrative law judge constitutes the
         final decision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. ~~<b>Model standards</b>~~<b> Bikeways; powers and duties; design guidelines</b><b>.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(a) The legislature determines that it is in the interests of the public health, safety
         and welfare, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>to provide for the addition of ~~bicycle and recreational vehicle lanes~~ bikeways to proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>and existing public highways. ~~The commissioner of transportation shall adopt, in the manner~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>~~provided in chapter 14, model standards for the establishment of recreational vehicle~~
         ~~lanes~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>~~on and along proposed and existing public highways. The model standards shall include~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>~~but not be limited to the following: (a) criteria for desirability of a lane in any~~
         ~~given location,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>~~(b) provision for maintenance of the lanes, and (c) the placement of the lanes in~~
         ~~relation to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>~~roads. The model standards shall govern state trunk highways.~~ The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>transportation is authorized to plan, design, establish, and maintain bikeways on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>right-of-way of any trunk highway. The commissioner is responsible for the design
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>construction of all bikeway projects within the right-of-way of any trunk highway.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>commissioner must consider the development of bikeways during the planning, design,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any trunk highway, or allow the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>establishment of such bikeways within trunk highway right-of-way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>(b) The commissioner must maintain bikeway design guidelines consistent with the state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>transportation goals in section 174.01.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>(c) The commissioner must compile and maintain a map of bikeways in the state and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>must publish and distribute the map's information at least once every two years in
         a form <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>and manner suitable to assist persons wishing to use the bikeways.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>(d) The commissioner must maintain bikeways within the limits of trunk highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>right-of-way unless a written agreement or limited use permit provides otherwise.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Cooperation among agencies and governments.</b> The ~~following~~ departments <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>and agencies ~~shall cooperate in providing~~ on the nonmotorized transportation advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>committee identified in section 174.37 must provide information and advice for ~~amendments~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>~~to the model standards~~ the bikeway design guidelines maintained by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>transportation~~: the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Natural Resources,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>~~Commerce, and Employment and Economic Development, and the Board of Water and Soil~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>~~Resources~~. The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>States government, any department of the state of Minnesota, any unit of local government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>~~and~~, any tribal government, or any public or private corporation in order to effect the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.262, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Design-build bridges for nonmotorized vehicles.</b> For streets and highways, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>the commissioner ~~shall~~ must allow for the acceptance of performance-specification bids, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>made by the lowest responsible bidder, for constructing design-build bridges for ~~bicycle~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>~~paths, bicycle trails,~~ bikeways and pedestrian facilities that are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>(1) designed and used primarily for nonmotorized transportation, but may allow for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>motorized wheelchairs, golf carts, necessary maintenance vehicles and, when otherwise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>permitted by law, rule, or ordinance, snowmobiles; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(2) located apart from any road or highway or protected by barriers, provided that
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>design-built bridge may cross over and above a road or highway.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>State bicycle route; definition.</b> For the purposes of this section, "state bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>route" means a linear series of one or more roads or bikeways that is designated for
         bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>travel, regardless of whether for exclusive use by bicycles or shared use with other
         modes <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>of transportation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1b. <b>State bicycle routes.</b> The commissioner of transportation must identify state <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>bicycle routes primarily on existing road right-of-way and trails. State bicycle routes
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>be identified in cooperation with road and trail authorities, including the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>natural resources, and with the advice of the advisory committee on nonmotorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>transportation under section 174.37. In a metropolitan area, state bicycle routes
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>identified in coordination with the plans and priorities established by metropolitan
         planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>organizations, as defined in United States Code, title 23, section 134.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Connections with other bikeways.</b> (a) The commissioner, in cooperation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>road and trail authorities including the commissioner of natural resources, ~~shall~~ must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>(1) identify existing bikeways of regional significance that are in reasonable proximity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>but not connected to the ~~bikeway~~ state bicycle routes established ~~in~~ under this section~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>~~including but not limited to the Lake Wobegon Trail in the counties of Stearns and~~
         ~~Todd~~; <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>(2) support development of linkages between ~~bikeways identified under clause (1) and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>~~the bikeway~~ state bicycle routes established ~~in~~ under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>(b) The requirements of this subdivision are a secondary priority for use of funds
         available <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>under this section following establishment and enhancement of ~~the bikeway~~ state bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>routes under ~~subdivision 1~~ this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Cooperation with other entities.</b> The commissioner may contract and enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>into agreements with federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, ~~and~~ tribal <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>governments, or private entities to establish, develop, maintain, and operate ~~the bikeway~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>state bicycle routes and to interpret associated natural and cultural resources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Funding.</b> ~~Bicycle~~ Shared use paths included within ~~the bikeway~~ state bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>routes and not administered by the commissioner of natural resources are eligible for funding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>from the environment and natural resources trust fund under chapter 116P, from the
         parks <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>and trails grant program under section 
         <statute_ref>85.535</statute_ref>, from the local recreation grants program <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>85.019, subdivision 4b</statute_ref>, and from other sources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.266, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Mississippi River Trail.</b> The Mississippi River Trail bikeway must originate <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>at Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties, then generally
         parallel <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>the Mississippi River through the cities of Bemidji in Beltrami County, Grand Rapids
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>Itasca County, Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Little Falls in Morrison County, Sauk
         Rapids <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>in Benton County, St. Cloud in Stearns County, Minneapolis in Hennepin County, St.
         Paul <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>in Ramsey County, Hastings in Dakota County, Red Wing in Goodhue County, Wabasha <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>in Wabasha County, Winona in Winona County, and La Crescent in Houston County to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>Minnesota's boundary with Iowa and there terminate. Where opportunities exist, the
         bikeway <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>may be designated on both sides of the Mississippi River.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. <b>[160.801] HIGHWAY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Sponsorship program.</b> (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>a program designed to encourage businesses, civic groups, or individuals to voluntarily
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>assist with the improvement and maintenance of real property comprising the trunk
         highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>system, including bicycle and pedestrian trails, roadside monuments, and historic
         sites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>(b) All support provided by volunteers or vendors must be carried out in a manner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>consistent with construction and maintenance plans approved by the commissioner after
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>consultation with the volunteers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>(c) The commissioner may provide assistance to (1) enhance volunteer safety, and (2)
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>facilitate the implementation and administration of the sponsorship program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Agreements.</b> The commissioner may enter into volunteer agreements with <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>businesses, civic groups, or individuals to support, maintain, and make improvements
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>real property included in the trunk highway system. Agreements under this section
         are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>subject to section 161.32.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Support activities.</b> (a) The volunteer support activities include but are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>(1) work to create, protect, and enhance pollinator habitat along highway rights-of-way;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>(2) work to pick up litter along roadsides;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>(3) work to install enhancements, including landscaping materials, on trunk highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>property;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>(4) financial support provided to the department for specific roadside improvements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>(5) financial support consisting of the sponsor hiring a professional landscape contractor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>to install vegetation, maintain landscape plantings, or pick up litter, or for other
         similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>activities along a selected area of highway right-of-way; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>(6) installation of features that enhance the aesthetics of trunk highway property
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>amenities available to highway users.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>(b) All volunteer support activities must have prior commissioner approval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Acknowledgment of sponsors.</b> The commissioner may erect signs to publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>recognize and express appreciation to businesses, civic groups, and individuals that
         provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>volunteer funding or services under the sponsorship program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Highway sponsorship program account; appropriation.</b> Funds received <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>under this section must be deposited in the highway sponsorship program account, which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>is created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided
         by law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>Funds in the account are annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose
         specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>in the volunteer agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Prohibition.</b> The commissioner must not take action under this section that <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>would result in the loss of federal highway funds or require payment of highway funds
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>the federal government.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Trunk highway emergency relief account.</b> (a) The trunk highway emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account is appropriated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an emergency,
         as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>161.32, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or under section 
         <statute_ref>12A.16, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>(b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be credited to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>account. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, money in the account is available until spent. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>the balance of the account at the end of a fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000,
         the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>above $10,000,000 must be canceled to the trunk highway fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>~~(c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by September~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>~~1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>~~the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>~~policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details of payments~~
         ~~made~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>~~from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account since the last~~
         ~~report.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Flexible highway account; turnback accounts.</b> (a) The flexible highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>account is created in the state treasury. Money in the account ~~shall be used~~ must be allocated <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) ~~in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 100 percent of the excess sum, as calculated in~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>~~paragraph (i), and in fiscal years 2011 and thereafter, 50~~ 16 percent of the ~~excess sum, as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>~~calculated in paragraph (i),~~ amount available in the flexible highway account for counties <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, ~~but for the purposes~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>~~of the calculation cities of the first class will be excluded in the metropolitan~~
         ~~area~~ distributed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>proportionally based on the most recent estimate of county population excluding the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>population of any city of the first class; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) of the amount available in the flexible highway account less the amount under
         clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>(1), as determined by the commissioner under this section for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to counties or to statutory
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>home rule charter cities, or for trunk highways that will be restored and subsequently
         turned <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>back by agreement between the commissioner and the local road authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) safety improvements on county highways, municipal highways, streets, or town
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>roads; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) routes of regional significance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means the level of effort required
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>improve the route that will be turned back to an acceptable condition as determined
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city before the route is
         turned <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>back.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to restore highways that have
         been <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>or will be turned back. The commissioner shall determine, on a biennial basis, the
         percentage <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>of funds in the flexible highway account to be distributed to each district, and within
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>district the percentage to be used for each of the purposes specified in paragraph
         (a). Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>in the account may be used for safety improvements and routes of regional significance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>only after money is set aside to restore the identified turnbacks. The commissioner
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>make these determinations only after meeting and holding discussions with committees
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>selected by the statewide associations of both county commissioners and municipal
         officials. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, annually allocate 50 percent of the
         funds in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>the flexible highway account to the department's metropolitan district, and 50 percent
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>districts in greater Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>that will revert to cities must be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>created in the state treasury.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>that will revert to counties must be deposited in the county turnback account, which
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>created in the state treasury.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) Money that will be used for safety improvements must be deposited in the highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>safety improvement account, which is created in the state treasury to be used as grants
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying the
         costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads to reduce
         crashes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>deaths, injuries, and property damage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) Money that will be used for routes of regional significance must be deposited
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>routes of regional significance account, which is created in the state treasury, and
         used as <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in
         paying the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>statewide or regional significance that have not been fully funded through other state,
         federal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>or local funding sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) As part of each biennial budget submission to the legislature, the commissioner
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>describe how the money in the flexible highway account will be apportioned among the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, the trunk highway fund for
         routes <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>turned back to local governments by agreement, the highway safety improvement account,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>and the routes of regional significance account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(i) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within the flexible highway~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>~~account:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~296A.07,~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>~~subdivision 3~~
         </statute_ref>~~, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates in~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>~~excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon~~
         ~~for E85~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>~~and M85 under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~296A.07, subdivision 3~~</statute_ref>~~, and special fuel under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~296A.08,~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>~~subdivision 2~~
         </statute_ref>~~;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section~~
         
         <statute_ref>~~168.013~~</statute_ref>~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>~~imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal~~
         ~~year 2008,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>~~multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for the calendar~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>~~year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average United States~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>~~Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>~~percentage allocated to the flexible highway account in fiscal year 2007.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(j) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index identified~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>~~in paragraph (i), clause (2), is for all urban consumers, United States city average,~~
         ~~as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>~~determined by the United States Department of Labor.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Project eligibility.</b> (a) The ~~commissioner shall establish~~ eligibility requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>for projects that can be funded under the program~~. Eligibility must include~~ are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>(1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 
         <statute_ref>174.03</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>(2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>the Department of Transportation metropolitan district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>(3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>(4) ~~a maximum~~ project construction work will commence within three years, or a longer <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>length of time~~,~~ as determined by the commissioner~~, until commencement of construction~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>~~work on the project~~; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>(5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with
         available <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>data.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>(b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation improvement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does not apply
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>project that is programmed as result of selection under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>(c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>~~capital~~ investment plan under section 
         <statute_ref>174.03</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>(d) For each project, the commissioner must consider all of the eligibility requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>under paragraph (a). The commissioner is prohibited from considering any eligibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>requirement not specified under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Project selection process; criteria.</b> (a) The commissioner ~~shall~~ must establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>a process ~~for identification, evaluation, and selection of~~ to identify, evaluate, and select <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>projects under the program. The process must be consistent with the requirements of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>subdivision and must not include any additional evaluation criteria.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>(b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner ~~shall~~ must annually accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>must determine the eligibility for each candidate project identified under this paragraph~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>~~the commissioner shall determine eligibility, classify, and if appropriate, evaluate~~
         ~~the project~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>~~for the program~~. For each eligible project, the commissioner must classify and evaluate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>project for the program, using all of the criteria established under paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>(c) ~~Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>~~criteria, which must include~~ Projects must be evaluated using all of the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible projects;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>(2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled,
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting
         trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>and local highways; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>project limits, or both;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>(4) improvements to traffic safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>modes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>(6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>objectives and principles; ~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding community; <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>(8) regional balance throughout the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>(d) The list of all projects evaluated must be made public and must include the score
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>each project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>(e) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding to be
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3,
         and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each classification.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Legislative report; evaluation.</b> (a) ~~Starting in 2014,~~ Annually by November <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>1, the commissioner ~~shall~~ must electronically submit a report on the corridors of commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must
         include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>(1) a summary of the program, including a review of ~~the~~:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>(i) project selection process details that address program design and implementation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>decision-making procedures, and eligibility ~~and criteria,~~ evaluation;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>(ii) criteria measurement methodologies and criteria weighting used in project selection;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>(iii) the policy that provides the weight given each criterion;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>(2) a summary of program finance, including funds expended in the previous selection <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>cycle, any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6, and total funds expended <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>since program inception;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>~~(2)~~ (3) a ~~listing~~ list of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>(i) project classification;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>(ii) a breakdown of project costs and funding sources; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>(iii) ~~any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>~~(iv)~~ a brief project description that is comprehensible to a lay audience;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>~~(3)~~ (4) a ~~listing~~ comprehensive list of evaluated projects and candidate project <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>recommendations as required under subdivision 5, paragraph (b), ~~including~~ that identifies <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>for each project: eligibility, classification, evaluation results for each criterion, score, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>disposition in the selection process; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>~~(4)~~ (5) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>(b) ~~Starting in 2016, and~~ In every even-numbered year ~~thereafter~~, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>~~shall~~ must incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>and effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>consultant. The individual or individuals performing the evaluation must have experience
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>in program evaluation, but must not be regularly involved in the program's implementation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a report is not required in a year in which:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(1) no project selection was completed during the preceding 12 months; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>(2) an evaluation under paragraph (b) is not due.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.115, subdivision 190, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 190. <b>Route No. 259.</b> Beginning at a point on Statutory Route No. 100, at or near <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>Henderson; thence extending in a general southeasterly direction to a point ~~on Statutory~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>~~Route No. 123,~~ at or near Le Sueur.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the commissioner of transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative
         Route <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under section
         145, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>paragraph (b).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.26.0"></a><a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 83. <b>Chip A. Imker Memorial Highway.</b> That segment of marked Trunk Highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>65 from Isanti County State-Aid Highway 19, known as 305th Avenue NE, to the northerly
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>limit of Cambridge Township is designated as "Chip A. Imker Memorial Highway." Subject
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>to section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>and erect appropriate signs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.27.0"></a><a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 84. <b>Medal of Honor Recipient Kenneth L. Olson Highway.</b> That segment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>marked Trunk Highway 23 within the city of Paynesville and the town of Paynesville
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>designated as "Medal of Honor Recipient Kenneth L. Olson Highway." Subject to section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>appropriate signs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.28.0"></a><a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 85. <b>Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge.</b> The bridge on Dakota County State-Aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>Highway 46, known as Brandel Drive within the city of Coates, over marked U.S. Highway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>52 is designated as "Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge." Subject to section 161.139,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>commissioner shall adopt a suitable design to mark this highway and erect appropriate
         signs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.29.0"></a><a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 86. <b>Senator Jim Metzen Memorial Highway.</b> That segment of marked U.S. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>Highway 52 located within Dakota County is designated as "Senator Jim Metzen Memorial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>Highway." Notwithstanding section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a suitable
         design <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.30.0"></a><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Location and design of highways.</b> The commissioner may make or <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>cause to be made such studies and investigations as the commissioner deems necessary
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>the purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design of trunk highways
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>from the standpoint of both present and future traffic needs, and in making such <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>determinations the commissioner may take into consideration the probable future <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such development on future
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>traffic needs as indicated by such studies and investigations and the location and
         design <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>with respect to ~~recreational vehicle lane~~ bikeway establishment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.31.0"></a><a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.321, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Rules; eligibility.</b> ~~(a)~~ The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for
         participation <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>in programs under sections 
         <statute_ref>16C.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>16C.19</statute_ref> apply to this section. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>promulgate other rules necessary to carry out this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>~~(b) In addition to other eligibility requirements, a small targeted group business~~
         ~~or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>~~veteran-owned small business is eligible for the bid preferences under this section~~
         ~~only for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>~~eight years following the latest of:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>~~(1) May 1, 2012;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>~~(2) for a targeted group business, the date of initial certification by the commissioner~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>~~administration, as provided under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~16C.19~~</statute_ref>~~;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>~~(3) for a veteran-owned small business, the date of initial certification by the United~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>~~States Department of Veterans Affairs, as provided under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~16C.19~~</statute_ref>~~, paragraph (d);~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>~~or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>~~(4) for a veteran-owned small business, the release or discharge of any one of the~~
         ~~owners~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>~~from military active service, as defined in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~190.05, subdivision 5~~</statute_ref>~~, lasting for a period~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>~~of 179 days or longer.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.32.0"></a><a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.38, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Spending on trunk highway system.</b> The commissioner must maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>information on expenditures by local road authorities from local funding sources for
         trunk <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>highway system projects.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.33.0"></a><a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Conveyance to highest bidder in certain cases.</b> If the larger tract has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>platted into lots or divided into smaller tracts and the commissioner elects to proceed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>this subdivision, ~~or if~~ the lands constituted an entire tract and the person from whom the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>lands were acquired and the person's spouse are deceased, or ~~if~~ the offers as provided for <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>are not accepted and the amount of money not tendered within the time prescribed,
         the lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>may be sold and conveyed to the owner of the land abutting upon the lands in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>manner and under the same terms provided under subdivision 2, or the commissioner
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>sell the lands to the highest responsible bidder upon three weeks' published notice of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>sale in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation in the general area
         where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>lands are located. All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like advertisement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.34.0"></a><a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6a. <b>Services of licensed real estate broker.</b> If the lands ~~remain unsold after being~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>~~offered for sale to the highest bidder~~ are withdrawn from sale under subdivision 6b, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a buyer.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>appraised market value as determined by the commissioner. The broker's fee must be
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or more. The broker's fee
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.35.0"></a><a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.44, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6b. <b>Unsold lands.</b> If lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the highest <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>bidder, the commissioner may offer the remaining lands to any person who agrees to
         pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>the minimum bid established for the public sale. The sale must continue until all
         eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>lands have been sold or the commissioner withdraws the remaining lands from sale.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>lands to be sold must be listed on the department's Unsold Property Inventory list.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.36.0"></a><a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Passenger automobile; hearse.</b> (a) On passenger automobiles as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.002, subdivision 24</statute_ref>, and hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax ~~shall be~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>is $10 plus an additional tax equal to 1.25 percent of the base value.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base value" means the manufacturer's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>suggested retail price of the vehicle including destination charge using list price
         information <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>published by the manufacturer or determined by the registrar if no suggested retail
         price <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>exists, and shall not include the cost of each accessory or item of optional equipment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a single vehicle identification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>number followed by various descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>select from those listings only the lowest price for determining base value.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) If unable to determine the base value because the vehicle is specially constructed,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>or for any other reason, the registrar may establish such value upon the cost price
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not including Minnesota
         sales <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>or use tax or any local sales or other local tax.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its proper base value class as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="17.5"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="17.5"></col>
            <col width="25"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2" align="right">FROM<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">TO<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">$ 199.99<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">$ 399.99<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets having a spread of
         $200 <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>consisting of such number of classes as will permit classification of all vehicles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be the middle point between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>extremes of its class.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new, of every passenger automobile
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>and hearse registered prior to the effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter
         31, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>using list price information published by the manufacturer or any nationally recognized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>firm or association compiling such data for the automotive industry. If unable to
         ascertain <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>the base value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the registrar may
         use any <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>other available source or method. The registrar shall calculate tax using base value
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>information available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the application
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>registration is submitted. The tax on all previously registered vehicles shall be
         computed <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>upon the base value thus determined taking into account the depreciation provisions
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>paragraph (h).<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) The annual additional tax must be computed upon a percentage of the base value
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>follows: during the first year of vehicle life, upon 100 percent of the base value;
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>second year, 90 percent of such value; for the third year, 80 percent of such value;
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>fourth year, 70 percent of such value; for the fifth year, 60 percent of such value;
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>sixth year, 50 percent of such value; for the seventh year, 40 percent of such value;
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>eighth year, 30 percent of such value; for the ninth year, 20 percent of such value;
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>tenth year, ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each succeeding year, the
         sum of $25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than $25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) For any vehicle previously registered in Minnesota and regardless of prior ownership, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>the ~~annual additional tax~~ total amount due under this subdivision and subdivision 1m must <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>not exceed the smallest total amount ~~of annual additional tax~~ previously paid or due on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>applies to taxes payable for a registration period starting on or after January 1,
         2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.37.0"></a><a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.013, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1m. <b>Electric vehicle.</b> In addition to the tax under subdivision 1a, a surcharge of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>$75 is imposed for an all-electric vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision
         1a. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>Notwithstanding subdivision 8, revenue from the fee imposed under this subdivision
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>applies to a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.38.0"></a><a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Disability plates; application.</b> (a) When a motor vehicle registered under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref>, a motorcycle, a motorized bicycle, a one-ton pickup truck, or a self-propelled <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>recreational vehicle is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>person or a custodial parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled ~~minor~~ person, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>the owner may apply for and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>permit valid for 30 days if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued
         under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>section and (2) two disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>front, and one to the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or,
         in the case <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>of a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, one disability plate the same size as a regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>motorcycle plate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a motorcycle
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>or a motorized bicycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of another vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability
         approves <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>the issuance of a second plate or set of plates to an owner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
         submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>proof of physical disability provided for in that section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner applies
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>plate or plates for one or more vehicles listed in paragraph (a) that are specially
         modified <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled persons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) The owner of a vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure (i) <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the
         disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a disability plate or plates for
         the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>the disability plate or plates under this section; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.39.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Plate design; furnished by commissioner.</b> The commissioner shall design <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle or a motorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>bicycle that is the same size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>to an eligible owner. The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair
         symbol, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>as designated in section 
         <statute_ref>326B.106, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, approximately three inches square. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>emblem must be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>eligible for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration
         fee authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>by sections 
         <statute_ref>168.013</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>168.09</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.40.0"></a><a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.021, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Plate transfer.</b> (a) When ownership of a vehicle described in subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>is transferred, the owner of the vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates.
         The buyer <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates for the vehicle
         without <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>further cost for the remainder of the registration period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>(b) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>168.12, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, the disability plate or plates may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>transferred to a replacement vehicle on notification to the commissioner. However,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement vehicle (1)
         is listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168.012, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and, in case of a single plate for a motorcycle or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>motorized bicycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, and (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>is owned or primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.41.0"></a><a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 41. <b>[168.1256] RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL PLATES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance of plates.</b> The commissioner shall issue retired law enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>license special plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>(2) is a retired peace officer as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph
         (c) <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>or (d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>(3) provides a letter from the chief law enforcement officer affirming that the applicant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>is a retired peace officer who served ten or more years and separated in good standing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>(4) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates, along with any other fees required by
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>(5) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>licensing of drivers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The commissioner shall design an emblem and inscription for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>special plates, in consultation with interested law enforcement agencies and organizations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
         motor vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>if the subsequent vehicle is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Exemption.</b> Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>168.1293, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special retired law <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>enforcement plates issued on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.42.0"></a><a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 42. <b>[168.1294] "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" SPECIAL PLATES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance of plates.</b> The commissioner must issue "Start Seeing <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>Motorcycles" special license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>(2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any other
         fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>required by this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>(4) contributes a minimum of $10 annually to the motorcycle safety fund, created under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>licensing of drivers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Design.</b> The representatives of American Bikers for Awareness, Training, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>Education of Minnesota must design the special plate to contain the inscription "Start
         Seeing <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>Motorcycles" between the bolt holes on the bottom of the plate with a design area
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>left side of the plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Plates transfer.</b> On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another
         motor vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>if the subsequent vehicle is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Exemption.</b> Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>168.1293, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Fees.</b> Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 3 are <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>No refund.</b> Contributions under this section must not be refunded.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018, for special "Start Seeing <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>Motorcycles" plates issued on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.43.0"></a><a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.27, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 31. <b>Documentary fee.</b> (a) A motor vehicle dealer may not charge a documentary <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>fee or document administration fee in excess of the amounts provided under paragraph
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>for services actually rendered to, for, or on behalf of the retail buyer or lessee
         to prepare, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>handle, and process documents for the closing of a motor vehicle retail sale or lease.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>fee must be separately stated on the sales agreement maintained under Minnesota Rules,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>part 7400.5200, and may be excluded from the dealer's advertised price.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>(b) For motor vehicle sales or leases made on or after July 1, 2017, through June
         30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>2020, the maximum fee is $100. For motor vehicle sales or leases made on or after
         July 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>2020, the maximum fee is $125.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>(c) "Documentary fee" and "document administration fee" do not include an optional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>electronic transfer fee as defined under section 53C.01, subdivision 14.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.44.0"></a><a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Deputy registrars.</b> (a) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>discontinue, a deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city as the
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>interest and convenience may require, without regard to whether the county auditor
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>county in which the city is situated has been appointed as the deputy registrar for
         the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>or has been discontinued as the deputy registrar for the county, and without regard
         to whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>the county in which the city is situated has established a county license bureau that
         issues <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>motor vehicle licenses as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>373.32</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>(b) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, a deputy registrar for
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>statutory or home rule charter city as the public interest and convenience may require,
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>the auditor for the county in which the city is situated chooses not to accept appointment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>as the deputy registrar for the county or is discontinued as a deputy registrar, or
         if the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>in which the city is situated has not established a county license bureau that issues
         motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>vehicle licenses as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>373.32</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>(c) The commissioner may appoint, and for cause discontinue, the county auditor of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>each county as a deputy registrar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>(d) Despite any other provision, a person other than a county auditor or a director
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>county license bureau, who was appointed by the registrar before August 1, 1976, as
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>deputy registrar for any statutory or home rule charter city, may continue to serve
         as deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>registrar and may be discontinued for cause only by the commissioner. The county auditor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>who appointed the deputy registrars is responsible for the acts of deputy registrars
         appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>by the auditor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>(e) Each deputy, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take and subscribe
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>an oath to faithfully discharge the duties and to uphold the laws of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>(f) If a deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision is not an officer or employee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>of a county or statutory or home rule charter city, the deputy shall in addition give
         bond to <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>the state in the sum of $10,000, or a larger sum as may be required by the commissioner,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>conditioned upon the faithful discharge of duties as deputy registrar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>(g) A corporation governed by chapter 302A or 317A may be appointed a deputy registrar.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>Upon application by an individual serving as a deputy registrar and the giving of
         the requisite <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>bond as provided in this subdivision, personally assured by the individual or another
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>individual approved by the commissioner, a corporation named in an application then
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>becomes the duly appointed and qualified successor to the deputy registrar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>(h) Each deputy registrar appointed under this subdivision shall keep and maintain
         office <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>locations approved by the commissioner for the registration of vehicles and the collection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>of taxes and fees on vehicles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>(i) The deputy registrar shall keep records and make reports to the commissioner as
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>commissioner requires. The records must be maintained at the offices of the deputy
         registrar~~.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>in a manner that complies with sections 13.05, subdivision 5, and 13.055. As an alternative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>to paper copy storage, a deputy registrar may retain records and documents in a secure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>electronic medium that complies with the security requirements under the United States
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Policy
         5.4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>or any successor policy, provided 60 days have elapsed since the transaction and subject
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>standards established by the commissioner. The deputy registrar is responsible for
         all costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>associated with the conversion to electronic records and maintenance of the electronic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>storage medium, including the destruction of existing paper records after conversion
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>electronic format. All queries and responses in the secure electronic medium, and
         all actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>in which data are entered, updated, accessed, or shared or disseminated by the deputy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>registrar must be contained in a data audit trail. Data contained in the audit trail
         are public <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>to the extent the data are not otherwise classified under this section. The records and offices <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>of the deputy registrar must at all times be open to the inspection of the commissioner
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>the commissioner's agents. The deputy registrar shall report to the commissioner by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>next working day following receipt all registrations made and taxes and fees collected
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>the deputy registrar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>(j) The filing fee imposed under subdivision 7 must be deposited in the treasury of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>place for which appointed or, if not a public official, a deputy shall retain the
         filing fee, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>the registration tax and any additional fees for delayed registration the deputy registrar
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>collected the deputy registrar shall deposit by the next working day following receipt
         in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>approved state depository to the credit of the state through the commissioner of management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>and budget. The place for which the deputy registrar is appointed through its governing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>body must provide the deputy registrar with facilities and personnel to carry out
         the duties <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>imposed by this subdivision if the deputy is a public official. In all other cases,
         the deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>shall maintain a suitable facility for serving the public.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.45.0"></a><a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Application, issuance, form, bond, and notice.</b> (a) In the event a <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, ~~or~~ destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>legal representative of the owner named in the certificate may ~~make~~ submit an application <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>to the department or a deputy registrar for a duplicate in a format prescribed by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>department. The department ~~shall~~ or deputy registrar must issue a duplicate certificate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>title if satisfied that the applicant is entitled ~~thereto~~ to the duplicate certificate of title. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>duplicate certificate of title ~~shall~~ must be plainly marked as a duplicate and mailed or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>delivered to the owner. The department ~~shall~~ or deputy registrar must indicate in ~~its~~ the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>driver and vehicle information system records that a duplicate certificate of title has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>issued. As a condition to issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the department
         may require <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>a bond from the applicant in the manner and format prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.07, <br />
            		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, clause (2). The duplicate certificate of title ~~shall~~ must contain the legend: <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>"This duplicate certificate of title may be subject to the rights of a person under
         the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>certificate."<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>(b) On and after the effective date of this section, the commissioner must allow duplicate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>certificate of title issuance by a deputy registrar, subject to procedures established
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.46.0"></a><a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 46. <b>[168A.125] TRANSFER-ON-DEATH TITLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Titled as transfer-on-death.</b> A natural person who is the owner of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>motor vehicle may have the motor vehicle titled in transfer-on-death or TOD form by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>including in the application for the certificate of title a designation of a beneficiary
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle must be transferred on death of the owner
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>last survivor of joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to the rights of
         secured <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>parties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Designation of beneficiary.</b> A motor vehicle is registered in transfer-on-death <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>form by designating on the certificate of title the name of the owner and the names
         of joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>owners with identification of rights of survivorship, followed by the words "transfer-on-death
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)." The designation "TOD" may be used instead
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>"transfer-on-death." A title in transfer-on-death form is not required to be supported
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>consideration, and the certificate of title in which the designation is made is not
         required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>be delivered to the beneficiary or beneficiaries in order for the designation to be
         effective. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>If the owner of the motor vehicle is married at the time of the designation, the designation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>of a beneficiary other than the owner's spouse requires the spouse's written consent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Interest of beneficiary.</b> The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries have <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>no interest in the motor vehicle until the death of the owner or the last survivor
         of joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>owners with rights of survivorship. A beneficiary designation may be changed at any
         time <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>by the owner or by all joint owners with rights of survivorship, without the consent
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>beneficiary or beneficiaries, by filing an application for a new certificate of title.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Vesting of ownership in beneficiary.</b> Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>transfer-on-death form vests in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the
         death of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>the owner or the last of the joint owners with rights of survivorship, subject to
         the rights of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>secured parties. The transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive the
         owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>may apply for a new certificate of title to the motor vehicle upon submitting a certified
         death <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>record of the owner of the motor vehicle. If no transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>survive the owner of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle must be included in the probate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>estate of the deceased owner. A transfer of a motor vehicle to a transfer-on-death
         beneficiary <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>or beneficiaries is not a testamentary transfer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Rights of creditors.</b> (a) This section does not limit the rights of any secured <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>party or creditor of the owner of a motor vehicle against a transfer-on-death beneficiary
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>beneficiaries.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>(b) The state or a county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section 246.53,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>256B.15, 261.04, or 270C.63 is a creditor for purposes of this subdivision. A claim
         authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>by section 256B.15 against the estate of an owner of a motor vehicle titled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>transfer-on-death form voids any transfer-on-death conveyance of a motor vehicle as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>described in this section. A claim or lien under section 246.53, 261.04, or 270C.63
         continues <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>to apply against the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries after the transfer under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>section if other assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the
         amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>the claim. The claim or lien continues to apply to the motor vehicle until the designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>beneficiary sells or transfers it to a person against whom the claim or lien does
         not apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>and who did not have actual notice or knowledge of the claim or lien.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.47.0"></a><a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.141, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var><b>168A.141 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIXED TO REAL PROPERTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Certificates surrendered for cancellation.</b> (a) When a manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>home is to be affixed or is affixed, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>273.125, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>(b), to real property, ~~and financed by the giving of a mortgage on the real property,~~ the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>owner of the manufactured home ~~shall~~ may surrender the manufacturer's certificate of origin <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>or certificate of title to the department for cancellation~~. The owner of~~ so that the manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>home ~~shall give the department the address and legal description of the~~ becomes an <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>improvement to real property~~. The department may require the filing of other information~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>and is no longer titled as personal property. The department must not issue a certificate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>title for a manufactured home under chapter 168A if the manufacturer's certificate
         of origin <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>is or has been surrendered under this subdivision, except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.142</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>Upon surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the certificate of title,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>department ~~shall~~ must issue notice of surrender to the owner, and upon recording an affidavit <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>of affixation, which the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, must
         accept, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>manufactured home is deemed to be an improvement to real property. ~~The notice of surrender~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>~~may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or with the registrar of titles~~
         ~~if the land~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>~~is registered but need not contain an acknowledgment.~~ An affidavit of affixation by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>owner of the manufactured home must include the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>(1) the name, residence address, and mailing address of owner or owners of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>manufactured home;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>(2) the legal description of the real property in which the manufactured home is,
         or will <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>be, located;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>(3) a copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate
         of title <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>and the notice of surrender;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>(4) a written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of the county
         where <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>the manufactured home is located stating that all property taxes payable in the current
         year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>as provided under section 273.125, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), have been paid, or
         are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>applicable;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>(5) the name and address of the person designated by the applicant to record the original
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>affidavit of affixation with the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county
         where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>real property is located; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>(6) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>(b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (5), must record, or arrange for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>recording of, the affidavit of affixation, accompanied by the fees for recording and
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>issuing a certified copy of the notice, including all attachments, showing the recording
         date. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>Upon obtaining the certified copy of the notice under this paragraph, the person designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>in the affidavit must deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county
         in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>the real property to which the manufactured home was affixed is located.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>if the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section. The
         department <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in the documents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Affidavit form.</b> An affidavit of affixation must be in substantially the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>form and must contain the following information.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var><b>MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.141<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="9.3"></col>
            <col width="6.2"></col>
            <col width="11.200000000000001"></col>
            <col width="11.200000000000001"></col>
            <col width="13.799999999999999"></col>
            <col width="8.7"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="6"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>New/Used<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturer's <br />
                  		Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Model Name or <br />
                  		Model No.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturer's <br />
                  		Serial No.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Length/Width<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>2. A copy of the surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate of
         title is <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>attached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public
         Safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>Driver and Vehicle Services is attached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="12.5"></col>
            <col width="10.700000000000001"></col>
            <col width="10.8"></col>
            <col width="8"></col>
            <col width="8"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="5"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Street or Route <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>City <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>County <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>State <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached
         hereto:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>6. The homeowner is the owner of the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>7. The home is, or must be promptly upon delivery, anchored to the land by attachment
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>a permanent foundation and connected to appropriate residential utilities (e.g., water,
         gas, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>electricity, sewer).<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>8. The homeowner intends that the home be an immovable permanent improvement to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>land, free of any personal property security interest.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of
         the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8,
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>10. The home must be assessed and taxed as an improvement to the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>11. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record the original
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county
         in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>the real estate is located is:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2">Name <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2">Street Address <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2">City, State, Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2">Phone <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="2">E-mail <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>......., 20...<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Homeowner Signature<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Address<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Printed Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>City, State<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Homeowner Signature (if applicable)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Printed Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>This instrument was drafted by, and when recorded return to:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>......................................................................<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Signature of Notary Public or Other Official<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>Notary Stamp or Seal<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>(optional)<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>Lender's Statement of Intent:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>The undersigned ("lender") intends that the home be immovable and a permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>improvement to the land free of any personal property security interest.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Lender<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>By: <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Authorized Signature<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>STATE OF <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>) ss:<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>COUNTY OF <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span>)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>On the ....... day of ....... in the year ....... before me, the undersigned, a Notary
         Public in and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>for said state, personally appeared<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person on
         behalf of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Notary Signature<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Notary Printed Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Notary Public, State of <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Qualified in the County of <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>My commission expires <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>Official seal:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Perfected security interest </b>~~<b>avoids cancellation</b>~~<b> prevents surrender</b><b>.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>department may not cancel a certificate of title if, under this chapter, a security interest has <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>been perfected on the manufactured home. If a security interest has been perfected,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>department ~~shall~~ must notify the owner ~~and~~ that each secured party ~~that the~~ must release or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>satisfy the security interest prior to proceeding with surrender of the manufacturer's
         certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>of origin or certificate of title ~~and a description of the security interest have been surrendered~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>to the department ~~and that the department will not cancel the certificate of title until the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>~~security interest is satisfied~~ for cancellation. Permanent attachment to real property or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>recording of an affidavit of affixation does not extinguish an otherwise valid security interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>in or tax lien on the manufactured home, unless the requirements of section 168A.141, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2, including the release of any security interest, have been
         satisfied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Notice of security interest </b>~~<b>avoids surrender</b>~~<b>.</b> ~~The manufacturer's certificate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>~~of origin or the certificate of title need not be surrendered to the department under~~
         ~~subdivision~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>~~1~~ When a perfected security interest exists, or will exist, on the manufactured home at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>time the manufactured home is affixed to real property, ~~if~~ and the owner has not satisfied <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>the requirements of section 168A.141, subdivision 1, the owner of the manufactured home <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>~~files~~, or its secured party, may record a notice with the county recorder, or with the registrar <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>of titles, if the land is registered, stating that the manufactured home located on
         the property <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>is encumbered by a perfected security interest and is not an improvement to real property. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>The notice must state the name and address of the secured party as set forth on the
         certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>of title, the legal description of the real property, and the name and address of
         the record <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>fee owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed. When the
         security <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>interest is released or satisfied, the secured party ~~shall~~ must attach a copy of the release or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>satisfaction to a notice executed by the secured party containing the county recorder
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>registrar of titles document number of the notice of security interest. The notice
         of release <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>or satisfaction must be ~~filed~~ recorded with the county recorder, or registrar of titles, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>land is registered. Neither the notice described in this subdivision nor the security
         interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>on the certificate of title is deemed to be an encumbrance on the real property. The
         notices <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>provided for in this subdivision need not be acknowledged.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.48.0"></a><a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.142, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var><b>168A.142 MANUFACTURED HOME UNAFFIXED FROM REALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Certificate of title requirements.</b> The department ~~shall~~ must issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>initial certificate of title or reissue a previously surrendered certificate of title
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>manufactured home to an applicant if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>(1) f~~or the purpose of affixing the manufactured home to real property,~~ the owner of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>manufactured home, or a previous owner, surrendered the manufacturer's certificate
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>origin or certificate of title to the department as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141</statute_ref>, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>1 ~~or 2~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>(2) the applicant provides the written ~~proof~~ evidence specified in subdivision 2 ~~that the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>~~applicant owns (i) the manufactured home and (ii) the real property to which the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>~~manufactured home was affixed as provided under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~273.125, subdivision 8~~</statute_ref>~~, paragraph~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>~~(b)~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>~~(3) the applicant provides proof that no liens exist on the manufactured home, including~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>~~liens on the real property to which it is affixed; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>~~(4)~~ (3) the owner of the manufactured home ~~meets~~ fulfills the applicable application <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>168A.04</statute_ref>~~,~~; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>(4) the application is accompanied by a written statement from the county auditor or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>county treasurer of the county in which the manufactured home is then located and
         affixed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>stating that all property taxes payable in the current year, as provided under section
         
         <statute_ref>273.125, <br />
            		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>subdivision 8
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), have been paid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. ~~<b>Proof</b>~~<b> Evidence</b><b> of eligibility for reissuance.</b> (a) The ~~proof~~ evidence required <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>under subdivision 1, ~~clauses~~ clause (2) ~~and (3)~~, is as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>(1) an affidavit of severance recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>titles, which they shall accept, and whichever applies to the real property, of the county ~~in~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>~~which~~ where the affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender was recorded ~~under~~ as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and the affidavit of severance contains:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>(i) the name, residence address, and mailing address of the owner or owners of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>manufactured home;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>(ii) a description of the manufactured home being severed, including the name of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>manufacturer~~; the make, model number, model year,~~ and dimensions, and if available, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>make, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home~~;~~ and ~~whether~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>~~the manufactured home is new or used~~, such information as may be available from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>previously recorded affidavit of affixation or notice of surrender as required in
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>168A.141, subdivision 1; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>(iii) a statement of any facts or information known to the person executing the affidavit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>that could affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home ~~or~~, the ~~existence or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>nonexistence of a security interest in the manufactured home ~~or a lien on it, or~~, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>statement that no such facts or information are known to the person executing the
         affidavit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>(2) as an attachment to the affidavit of severance, an opinion by an attorney admitted
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>practice law in this state, stating:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>(i) the nature of the examination of title performed prior to giving this opinion
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>person signing the opinion;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>(ii) that the manufactured home and the real property on which it is located is not
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>to, or pending completion of a refinance, purchase, or sale transaction, and will not
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>subject to any recorded mortgages, security interests, liens, or other encumbrances of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>kind;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>(iii) that the person signing the opinion knows of no facts or circumstances that
         could <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>affect the validity of the title of the manufactured home or the existence or nonexistence
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>any recorded mortgages, security interests, or other encumbrances of any kind, other
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>property taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>(iv) the person or persons owning record title to the real property to which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>manufactured home has been affixed and the nature and extent of the title owned by
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>of these persons; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>(v) that the person signing the opinion has reviewed all provisions of the affidavit
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>severance and certifies that they are correct and complete to the best of the knowledge
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>the person signing the opinion;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>(3) the name and address of the person ~~or~~, persons designated by the applicant to file ~~a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>~~certified copy of~~ the original affidavit of severance with ~~the county auditor of the county~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>~~in which the real estate is located, after the affidavit has been properly recorded~~
         ~~in the office~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>~~of~~ the county recorder or county registrar of titles, whichever applies to the real
         property; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>(4) the signature of the person who executes the affidavit, properly executed before
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>person authorized to authenticate an affidavit in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>(b) The person designated in paragraph (a), clause (3), ~~shall~~ must record, or arrange for <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>the recording of, the affidavit of severance as referenced in that item, accompanied
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>fees for recording and for issuing a certified copy of the affidavit, including all
         attachments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>showing the recording date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>(c) Upon obtaining the certified copy under paragraph (b), the person designated in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>affidavit ~~shall~~ must deliver the certified copy to the county auditor of the county in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>the real estate to which it was affixed is located.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>(d) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents presented to the department under this section,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>so long as the documents presented appear to satisfy the requirements of this section.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>department has no obligation to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>documents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Affidavit form.</b> The affidavit of severance must be in substantially the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>form and must contain the following information.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var><b>MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 168A.142<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>Homeowner, being duly sworn, on his or her oath, states as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>1. Homeowner owns the manufactured home ("home") described as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="9.3"></col>
            <col width="6.2"></col>
            <col width="11.200000000000001"></col>
            <col width="11.200000000000001"></col>
            <col width="13.799999999999999"></col>
            <col width="8.7"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="6"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>New/Used<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturer's <br />
                  		Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Model Name or <br />
                  		Model No.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturer's <br />
                  		Serial No.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Length/Width<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>2. A copy of the previously surrendered manufacturer's certificate of origin or certificate
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>title is attached (if available).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>3. A copy of the notice of surrender issued from the Minnesota Department of Public
         Safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>Driver and Vehicle Services is attached (if available).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>4. The home is or will be located at the following "Property Address":<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="12.4"></col>
            <col width="10.9"></col>
            <col width="10.2"></col>
            <col width="7.7"></col>
            <col width="9.3"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="5"><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Street or Route <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>City <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>County <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>State <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>5. The legal description of the property address ("land") is as follows or as attached:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>6. The homeowner does not know of any facts or information that could affect the validity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>of title of the manufactured home, except:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>7. The homeowner does not know of any such security interest in the manufactured home
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>which has not been satisfied or released.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>8. A copy of an opinion by an attorney admitted to practice law in Minnesota is attached,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>which provides for the required title evidence as set forth in Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>168A.142, subdivision 2, clause (2), items (i) to (v).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>9. A copy of the written statement from the county auditor or county treasurer of
         the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>in which the manufactured home is then located, stating that all property taxes payable
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>the current year (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 273.125, subdivision 8,
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>(b)), have been paid, or are not applicable, is attached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>10. The name and address of the person designated by the homeowner to record  the
         original <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>affidavit of surrender with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county
         in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>the real estate is located is:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Name <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Street Address <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>City, State, Zip Code <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Phone <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>E-mail <span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, homeowner(s) have executed this affidavit on this ....... day
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>......., 20...<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Homeowner Signature<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Address<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Printed Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>City, State<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Homeowner Signature (if applicable)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Printed Name<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>This instrument was drafted by, and  when recorded return to:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ......., .......<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width=""></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>......................................................................<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Signature of Notary Public or Other Official<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>Notary Stamp or Seal<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.49.0"></a><a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 49. <b>[168A.143] MANUFACTURED HOMES; OWNERSHIP AT ISSUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements for certificate issuance or reissuance.</b> When an applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>is unable to obtain from or locate previous owners no longer holding an interest in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>manufactured home based on a certificate of title, or to locate, obtain, or produce
         the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>certificate of origin or certificate of title for a manufactured home, and there is
         no evidence <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>of a surrendered certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin as provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>section 168A.141, subdivision 1, which has not otherwise been unaffixed or is being
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>unaffixed as provided in section 168A.142, the department must issue or reissue a
         certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>of title to a manufactured home when the applicant submits:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>(1) the application, pursuant to the requirements of section 168A.04, in a form prescribed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>by the department;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>(2) an affidavit that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>(i) identifies the name of the manufacturer and dimensions, and if available, the
         make, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>model number, model year, and manufacturer's serial number of the manufactured home;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>(ii) certifies the applicant is the owner of the manufactured home, has physical possession
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>of the manufactured home, knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>validity of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application,
         and provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>copies of such ownership documents, so far as the documents exist, including by way
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>example:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>(A) bill of sale;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>(B) financing, replevin, or foreclosure documents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>(C) appraisal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>(D) insurance certification;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>(E) personal property tax bill;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>(F) landlord certification;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>(G) affidavit of survivorship or estate documents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>(H) divorce decree; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>(I) court order;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>(3) an affidavit by an attorney admitted to practice law in this state stating:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>(i) the attorney has performed a search of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>Driver and Vehicles Services records within 120 days of the date of application to
         obtain a <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>certificate of origin or certificate of title on behalf of the applicant, but was
         unable to <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>determine the names or locations of one or more owners or prior owners of the manufactured
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>home;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>(ii) if applicable, the attorney was unable to successfully contact one or more owners,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>or prior owners, after providing written notice 45 days prior to the registered and
         last known <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>owner  by certified mail at the address shown on Driver and Vehicles Services records,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>if the last known address if different from Driver and Vehicles Services records,
         then also <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>the last known address as known to the applicant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>(iii) if the attorney is unable to contact one or more owners, or previous owners,
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>sending a letter by certified mail, then the attorney must present to the department,
         as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>attachment to its affidavit, the returned letter as evidence of the attempted contact,
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>acknowledgment of receipt of the letter, together with an affidavit of nonresponse;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>(iv) the attorney knows of no facts or circumstances that materially affect the validity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>of the title of the manufactured home as represented in the application, other than
         property <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>taxes payable in the year the affidavit is signed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>(4) payment for required current year taxes and fees as prescribed by the department.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Satisfaction of manufactured home security lien; release.</b> A security interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>perfected under this chapter may be canceled seven years from the perfection date
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>manufactured home, upon the request of the owner of the manufactured home, if the
         owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>has paid the lien in full or the lien has been abandoned and the owner is unable to
         locate <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>the lienholder to obtain a lien release. The owner must send a letter to the lienholder
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the reason for the release and requesting
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>lien release. If the owner is unable to obtain a lien release by sending a letter
         by certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>mail, then the owner must present to the department the returned letter as evidence
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>attempted contact, or the acknowledgment of receipt of the letter, together with a
         copy of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>the letter and an owner affidavit of nonresponse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Suspension or revocation of certificate.</b> (a) Pursuant to section 168A.23, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>department may revoke a previously issued certificate of title issued under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>(b) The department is not liable for any errors, omissions, misstatements, or other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>deficiencies or inaccuracies in documents submitted to the department under this section,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>provided the documents submitted appear to satisfy the requirements of this section.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>department is not required to investigate the accuracy of statements contained in
         submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>documents.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.50.0"></a><a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>All-electric vehicle.</b> (a) "All-electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle that <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>is solely able to be powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable
         storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>(b) All-electric vehicle excludes a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>applies to a registration period starting on or after January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.51.0"></a><a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.011, subdivision 34, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 34. <b>Head Start bus.</b> (a) "Head Start bus" means a motor vehicle used to transport <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>children and parents to or from a Head Start facility, or to or from Head Start-related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>activities, by the Head Start grantee, or by someone under an agreement with the Head
         Start <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>grantee. A Head Start bus does not include a motor vehicle transporting children or
         parents <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>to or from a Head Start facility for which parents or guardians receive direct compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>from a Head Start grantee, a motor coach operating under charter carrier authority,
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>transit bus providing services as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>174.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>. A Head Start bus <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>may be a type A, B, C, or D bus ~~or type III vehicle, as described in subdivision 71~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>(b) A Head Start bus manufactured after December 31, 1994, must meet the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>standards as a type A, B, C, or D school bus, except that a Head Start bus is not
         required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>be equipped with the warning signals required for a school bus under section 
         <statute_ref>169.442, <br />
            		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. A Head Start bus that is not equipped as a school bus must be painted colors <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>other than national school bus yellow.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.52.0"></a><a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5h. <b>St. Louis County Road 128.</b> Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>in this section, the speed limit on St. Louis County Road 128 in Eagles Nest Township
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>between marked Trunk Highway 169 and County Road 989 is 40 miles per hour. The county
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>engineer must erect appropriate signs displaying the 40 miles per hour speed limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>new speed limit is effective when the required signs are erected.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.53.0"></a><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Driving left of roadway center; exception.</b> (a) No vehicle shall be driven to <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle
         proceeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming
         traffic <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>right-hand side of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle approaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>from the opposite direction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Except on a one-way roadway, no vehicle shall, in overtaking and passing another
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>vehicle or at any other time, be driven to the left half of the roadway under the
         following <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>driver's view along the highway is obstructed within a distance of 700 feet;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) when approaching within 100 feet of any underpass or tunnel, railroad grade crossing,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>intersection within a city, or intersection outside of a city if the presence of the
         intersection <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>is marked by warning signs; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) where official signs are in place prohibiting passing, or a distinctive centerline
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>marked, which distinctive line also so prohibits passing, as declared in the Manual
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (3), a motor vehicle may be driven to the
         left <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>side of the roadway to safely overtake a bicycle under the following circumstances:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the bicycle is proceeding in the same direction as the motor vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the driver of the motor vehicle either (i) provides a safe clearance distance,
         in no <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>case less than the greater of three feet or one-half the width of the motor vehicle,
         or (ii) <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>completely enters the left lane of the highway;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the operator of the bicycle is not (i) making a left turn, or (ii) signaling that
         the bicycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>operator intends to make a left turn; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the driver of the motor vehicle complies with all other applicable requirements
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.54.0"></a><a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Laned highway.</b> When any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent
         herewith, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>shall apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>(a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such
         movement <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>can be made with safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>(b) Upon a roadway which is not a one-way roadway and which is divided into three
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>lanes, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and
         passing <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear
         of traffic <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>within a safe distance, or in preparation for a left turn or where such center lane
         is at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>is signposted to give notice of such allocation. The left lane of a three-lane roadway
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>is not a one-way roadway shall not be used for overtaking and passing another vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>(c) Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated
         lane <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers
         of vehicles <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>shall obey the directions of every such sign.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>(d) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person operating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>a motor vehicle on such roadway shall not drive in the bicycle lane except to perform
         parking <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>maneuvers in order to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave the highway,
         ~~or~~ to <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>prepare for a turn as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.19, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or to stop a school bus for <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>the purpose of receiving or discharging any person provided the school bus is equipped
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>identified as provided in sections 169.441 and 169.442, subdivision 1, and the flashing
         red <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>signals are activated and stop-signal arm is extended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.55.0"></a><a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope of privilege.</b> (a) A vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this section
         or that <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>bears the disability plate or plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref> may be parked by or solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>for the benefit of a physically disabled person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.346</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without
         time <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise allowed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>A person may park the vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space
         described <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled person
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable distance
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>the drop-off point.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it
         is displayed <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging it
         from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in the case
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>or if the certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the
         mirror, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>certificate must be displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle. No part of the certificate
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>be obscured.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not
         permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>parking in areas prohibited by sections 
         <statute_ref>169.32</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.34</statute_ref>, in designated no parking spaces, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local governmental
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create a fire lane,
         or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and these ordinances
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>also apply to physically disabled persons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.56.0"></a><a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Identifying certificate.</b> (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under
         this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>and (2) an identifying certificate for a vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of physical disability
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate certificates for persons
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily distinguished from each other
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>outside a vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or, in the case of a motorcycle or a motorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>bicycle, can be readily secured to the motorcycle or motorized bicycle. An applicant may <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>be issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>(b) The operator of a vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking privileges
         provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>in subdivision 1 only while the vehicle is actually parked while transporting a physically
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>disabled person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>comply with the requirements of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.57.0"></a><a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.442, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>White strobe lamps on certain buses transporting children.</b> ~~(a)~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>169.55, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>169.57, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), or <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>other law to the contrary, a school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>requirements of subdivision 1 and section 
         <statute_ref>169.441, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or a Head Start bus ~~that~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>~~is not a type III vehicle defined in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~169.011, subdivision 71~~</statute_ref>, may be equipped with <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>a flashing strobe lamp. ~~The lamp may be used only as provided in this subdivision.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>~~(b) The lamp must be permanently mounted on the longitudinal centerline of the bus~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>~~roof not less than two feet forward of the rear roof edge.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>~~(c) The strobe lamp may be lighted only when atmospheric conditions or terrain restrict~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>~~the visibility of school bus lamps and signals or Head Start bus lamps and signals~~
         ~~so as to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>~~require use of the bright strobe lamp to alert motorists to the presence of the school~~
         ~~bus or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>~~Head Start bus. A strobe lamp may not be lighted unless the school bus or Head Start~~
         ~~bus~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>~~is actually being used as a school bus or Head Start bus.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.58.0"></a><a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.443, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Use of stop-signal arm.</b> (a) The stop-signal arm system of a school bus must <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>be used in conjunction with the flashing red signals only when the school bus is stopped
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>a street or highway to load or unload school children.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>(b) A local authority, including the governing body of an Indian tribe, may by ordinance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>require that a school bus activate the stop-signal arm system and flashing red signals
         while <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>stopped to unload school children at a location other than a location on a street
         or highway. <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>The ordinance must designate each location where the requirement is imposed. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>requirement is effective only if the local authority has erected signs at or near
         the location <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>to provide adequate notice that other vehicles are required to obey section 
         <statute_ref>169.444, <br />
            		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, when those signals are activated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>(c) A school bus driver is prohibited from loading or unloading passengers in a designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>right-turn lane or in a lane immediately adjacent to a designated right-turn lane
         unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>(1) a school bus stop designated by the district transportation safety director is
         located <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>in the right-turn lane;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>(2) the driver stops the bus at the extreme right side of the right-turn lane; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>(3) the driver activates the prewarning flashing amber signals, flashing red signals,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>stop-signal arm, unless the school board or its designee, based on safety considerations,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>provides written direction to the driver not to do so.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.59.0"></a><a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Violations by drivers; penalties.</b> (a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle or <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a,
         is guilty of <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ~~$300~~ $500.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor
         vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>commits either or both of the following acts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>passenger-door side of the bus; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent
         sidewalk.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2017, and applies to violations <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>committed on and after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.60.0"></a><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.449, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>the operation of school buses used for transportation of school children, when owned
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>operated by a school or privately owned and operated under a contract with a school~~, and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>~~these rules must be made a part of that contract by reference~~. Each school, its officers and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>employees, and each person employed under the contract is subject to these rules.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.61.0"></a><a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4501, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>National standards adopted.</b> Except as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>169.4502</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>and 
         <statute_ref>169.4503</statute_ref>, the construction, design, equipment, and color of types A, B, C, D school <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>buses and multifunction school activity buses used for the transportation of school
         children <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>shall meet the requirements of the "bus body and chassis specifications" in the ~~2010~~ most <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>recent edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures" adopted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>by the National Congress on School Transportation. Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>169.4504</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>the construction, design, and equipment of types A, B, C, D school buses and multifunction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>school activity buses used for the transportation of students with disabilities also
         shall meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>the requirements of the "specially equipped school bus specifications" in the ~~2010~~ National <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>School Transportation Specifications and Procedures. The "bus body and chassis <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>specifications" and "specially equipped school bus specifications" sections of the
         ~~2010~~ most <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>recent edition of the "National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures," <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>adopted by the ~~Fifteenth~~ National Congress on School Transportation, are incorporated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>reference in this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.62.0"></a><a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Applicability.</b> (a) The standards adopted in this section and sections 
         <statute_ref>169.4502</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>and 
         <statute_ref>169.4503</statute_ref>, govern the construction, design, equipment, and color of school buses used <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>for the transportation of school children, when owned or leased and operated by a
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>or privately owned or leased and operated under a contract with a school. Each school,
         its <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>officers and employees, and each person employed under the contract is subject to
         these <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The standards apply to school buses manufactured after ~~December 31, 2012~~ August <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>1 of the year following a year in which a revised edition of the National School Transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>Specifications and Procedures is adopted. Buses complying with the standards when <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>manufactured need not comply with standards established later except as specifically
         provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>for by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A school bus manufactured on or before ~~December 31, 2012,~~ the date provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>paragraph (b) must conform to the Minnesota standards in effect on the date the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>was manufactured except as specifically provided for in law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A new bus body may be remounted on a used chassis provided that the remounted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>vehicle meets state and federal standards for new buses which are current at the time
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>remounting. Permission must be obtained from the commissioner of public safety before
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>the remounting is done. A used bus body may not be remounted on a new or used chassis.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.63.0"></a><a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Certification.</b>  Upon request, a body manufacturer~~,~~ or school bus dealer~~, or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>~~certified Minnesota commercial vehicle inspector who is also an employee of an organization~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>~~purchasing a school bus shall~~ must provide preliminary certification to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>Public Safety that the product meets Minnesota standards. ~~Final certification will be granted~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>~~within 30 days upon reinspection by the Department of Public Safety.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.64.0"></a><a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Floor construction.</b> The metal floor ~~shall~~ must be covered with plywood. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>plywood ~~shall~~ must be ~~at least 19/32~~ five-ply nominal five-eighths inches thick, and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>equal or exceed properties of exterior-type softwood plywood, grade C-D, as specified
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>~~product~~ the standard ~~PSI-I83~~ issued by the United States Department of Commerce. All of <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>the plywood's exposed edges must be sealed. Type A-I buses must be equipped with nominal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>one-half inch thick plywood or an equivalent material that meets the requirements
         of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>subdivision. Equivalent material may be used to replace plywood, provided it has insulation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>R value, deterioration, sound abatement, and moisture resistance properties that are
         equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>to or exceed the properties of the plywood it is replacing. The floor ~~shall~~ must be level from <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>front to back, and side to side, except in wheel housing, toe board, and driver's
         seat platform <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>areas.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.65.0"></a><a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14. <b>Insulation.</b> ~~(a)~~ Thermal insulation is required. It shall be fire-resistant, UL <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>approved, with minimum R-value of 5.5. Insulation shall be installed so as to prevent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>sagging.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>~~(b) Floor insulation is required. It shall be five-ply nominal five-eighths-inch-thick~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>~~plywood, and shall equal or exceed properties of the exterior-type softwood plywood,~~
         ~~C-D~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>~~Grade, as specified in the standard issued by United States Department of Commerce.~~
         ~~All~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>~~exposed edges on plywood shall be sealed. Type A-I buses shall be equipped with nominal~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>~~one-half-inch-thick plywood or equivalent material meeting the above requirements.~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>~~Equivalent material may be used to replace plywood, provided it has an equal or greater~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>~~insulation R value, deterioration, sound abatement, and moisture resistance properties.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.66.0"></a><a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 23, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 23. <b>Windows.</b> (a) Windshield, entrance, and rear emergency exit doors must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>of approved safety glass. Laminated or tempered glass (AS-2 or AS-3) is permitted
         in all <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>other windows. All glass shall be federally approved and marked as provided in section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>169.74
         </statute_ref>. The windshield may be of uniform tint throughout or may have a horizontal gradient
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>band starting slightly above the line of vision and gradually decreasing in light
         transmission <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>to 20 percent or less at the top of the windshield.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>(b) The use of tinted glass, as approved by section 
         <statute_ref>169.71</statute_ref>, is permitted on side windows <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>and rear windows except for the entrance door~~, the first window behind the service door,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>and the window to the left of the driver. The window to the left of the driver~~,~~ and the upper <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>service door windows~~, and the window immediately behind the entrance door~~ must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>thermal glass. Regardless of a bus's date of manufacture, the window immediately behind <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>the entrance door does not need to be made of thermal glass. The window to the left of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>driver for type A buses need not be thermal glass.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.67.0"></a><a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4503, subdivision 30, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 30. <b>Video or mobile surveillance systems.</b> Camera heads for video or mobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>surveillance may be mounted in the driver compartment area, midbus, or on a rear interior
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>bulkhead in the student passenger area. For buses manufactured or retrofitted with
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>surveillance system after December 31, 2012, cameras mounted midbus must be parallel
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>to a seat back, must not have any sharp edges, must not extend outward more than ~~three~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>3-1/2 inches, and must be located within 24 inches of the top of the side window of the
         bus.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.68.0"></a><a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.64, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Strobe lamp.</b> (a) Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>169.55, subdivision 1</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>169.57, <br />
            		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>with a 360-degree flashing strobe lamp that emits a white light with a flash rate
         of 60 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>120 flashes a minute, and the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if
         the vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>(1) a school bus that is subject to and complies with the equipment requirements of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.441, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>169.442, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or a Head Start bus ~~that is not~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>~~a type III vehicle as defined in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~169.011, subdivision 71~~</statute_ref>. The lamp ~~shall be~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>~~permanently mounted on the longitudinal centerline of the bus roof not less than two~~
         ~~feet~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>~~nor more than seven feet forward of the rear roof edge. It shall~~ must operate from a separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>switch containing an indicator lamp to show when the strobe lamp is in use~~. The strobe~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>~~lamp may be lighted only when atmospheric conditions or terrain restrict the visibility~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>~~school bus lamps and signals or Head Start bus lamps and signals so as to require~~
         ~~use of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>~~the bright strobe lamp to alert motorists to the presence of the school bus or Head~~
         ~~Start bus.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>~~A strobe lamp may not be lighted unless the school bus or Head Start bus is actually~~
         ~~being~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>~~used as a school bus or Head Start bus~~; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>(2) a road maintenance vehicle owned or under contract to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>Transportation or a road authority of a county, home rule or statutory city, or town,
         but the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged in snow removal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>during daylight hours.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>(b) Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>169.55, subdivision 1</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>169.57, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>(b); or any other law to the contrary, a vehicle may be equipped with a 360-degree
         flashing <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>strobe lamp that emits an amber light with a flash rate of 60 to 120 flashes a minute,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>the lamp may be used as provided in this subdivision, if the vehicle is a rural mail
         carrier <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>vehicle, provided that the strobe lamp is mounted at the highest practicable point
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>vehicle. The strobe lamp may only be operated while the vehicle is actually engaged
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>daylight hours in the delivery of mail to residents on a rural mail route.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>(c) A strobe lamp authorized by this section shall be of a double flash type certified
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>the commissioner of public safety by the manufacturer as being weatherproof and having
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>a minimum effective light output of 200 candelas as measured by the Blondel-Rey formula.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.69.0"></a><a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Limitations; misdemeanor.</b> (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to drive <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on a
         highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>a vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in sections
         
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>, or otherwise in violation of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>, other than section 
         <statute_ref>169.81, <br />
            		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>subdivision 5a
         </statute_ref>, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles as prescribed in sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>169.80
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> shall be lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall have no <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>power or authority to alter these limitations except as express authority may be granted
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>(b) When all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles are weighed separately
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>the sum of the weights of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross
         weight <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>of the vehicle or combination of vehicles so weighed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>(c) When each of the axles of any group that contains two or more consecutive axles
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>a vehicle or combination of vehicles have been weighed separately the sum of the weights
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>of the axles so weighed shall be evidence of the total gross weight on the group of
         axles so <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>weighed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>(d) When, in any group of three or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>of vehicles any axles have been weighed separately and two or more axles consecutive
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>each other in the group have been weighed together, the sum of the weights of the
         axles <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>weighed separately and the axles weighed together shall be evidence of the total gross
         weight <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>of the group of axles so weighed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>(e) The provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>169.80</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.88</statute_ref> governing size, weight, and load ~~shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>do not apply ~~to a fire apparatus, or~~ to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>issued as provided by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.70.0"></a><a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.829, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Certain emergency vehicles.</b> The provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>governing size, weight, and load do not apply to a fire apparatus, a law enforcement
         special <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>response vehicle, or a licensed land emergency ambulance service vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.71.0"></a><a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 71. <b>[169.8295] WEIGHT LIMITS; VEHICLES TRANSPORTING MILK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Weight limits increase.</b> (a) The weight limitations under sections 169.823 <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>to 169.829 are increased by ten percent for a single-unit vehicle transporting fluid
         milk from <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>the point of production to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>(1) another point of production for additional loading; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>(2) the point of first processing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>(b) Notwithstanding sections 169.824, subdivision 1, paragraph (d); 169.826, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>3; or other law to the contrary, a permit is not required to operate a vehicle under
         this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>(c) The seasonal weight increases under section 169.826, subdivision 1, do not apply
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>a vehicle operated under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Requirements; restrictions.</b> A vehicle operated under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>(1) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87, except as otherwise
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>provided under section 169.87, subdivision 4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>(2) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>(3) must not be operated with a load that exceeds the tire manufacturer's recommended
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>load, the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>certification of gross vehicle weight rating under Code of Federal Regulations, title
         49, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>sections 567.4 to 567.7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.72.0"></a><a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Requirements; restrictions.</b> (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 
         <statute_ref>169.824, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 
         <statute_ref>169.84</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) may only be operated on paved streets and highways other than interstate highways;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating
         complying <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>which the vehicle is operated, if required;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) must comply with the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>169.851, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) must have brakes on all wheels.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>forest products under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013, <br />
            		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>operated under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or combination of vehicles
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>hauling fluid milk under a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation may
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>operate on interstate highways as provided under United States Code, title 23, section
         127.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.73.0"></a><a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 73. <b>[169.869] ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SPECIAL PERMIT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "road construction materials" <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>means street or highway construction materials, including but not limited to aggregate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>material as defined in section 298.75, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), hot mix asphalt,
         plastic <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>concrete, cementitious materials, concrete admixtures, asphalt cement, and recycled
         road <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>materials.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Six-axle vehicles.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation may issue an annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>permit authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six or more
         axles to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>haul road construction materials and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up
         to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>(1) 90,000 pounds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>(b) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300, or a proportional
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Seven-axle vehicles.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation may issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>annual permit authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven
         or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>axles to haul road construction materials and be operated with a gross vehicle weight
         of up <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>(1) 97,000 pounds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>(b) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500, or a proportional
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Authority; restrictions.</b> (a) A permit issued by the commissioner under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>section is valid for operation on highways regardless of jurisdiction, subject to
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>(b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>(b) A vehicle or combination of vehicles operating under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>(1) may only be operated on paved or unpaved streets and highways, other than interstate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>highways;<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>(2) must comply with the requirements and restrictions in section 169.865, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>3, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), (5), (7), and (8); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>(3) must be operated in compliance with truck route requirements and vehicle weight
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>restrictions, as established under section 169.87, subdivision 1, by a local road
         authority or <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Revenues.</b> Revenue from the permits issued by the commissioner under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>section must be deposited in the town bridge account. Revenue deposited under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>subdivision is available to inspect and post weight limits for town bridges.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Expiration date.</b> Upon request of the permit applicant, the expiration date for <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>a permit issued under this section must be the same as the expiration date of the
         permitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>vehicle's registration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Permit information.</b> The commissioner must make information available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>local road authorities on an Internet Web site that identifies permit issuances under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>section and the counties in which a vehicle with a permit is intended to be operated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Local preferred routes.</b> A local road authority may identify local preferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>routes for operating a vehicle on local streets and highways under a permit issued
         in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>section. A holder of a permit issued in this section and any person seeking to apply
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>permit are encouraged to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>(1) upon request of a local road authority, provide comment on identification of preferred
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>routes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>(2) make reasonable efforts to operate a vehicle on the preferred routes when operating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>under the permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.74.0"></a><a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.871, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Civil liability.</b> (a) The owner or lessee of a vehicle that is operated with <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>a gross weight in excess of a weight limit imposed under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.823 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>~~169.829~~</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>169.8295, 
         <statute_ref>169.84 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>169.851</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> or a shipper who ships or tenders goods for <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>shipment in a single truck or combination vehicle that exceeds a weight limit imposed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169.823 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>~~169.829~~</statute_ref> 169.8295, 
         <statute_ref>169.84 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>169.851</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> is liable for a civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>penalty as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>(1) if the total gross excess weight is not more than 1,000 pounds, one cent per pound
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>for each pound in excess of the legal limit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>(2) if the total gross excess weight is more than 1,000 pounds but not more than 3,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>pounds, $10 plus five cents per pound for each pound in excess of 1,000 pounds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>(3) if the total gross excess weight is more than 3,000 pounds but not more than 5,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>pounds, $110 plus ten cents per pound for each pound in excess of 3,000 pounds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>(4) if the total gross excess weight is more than 5,000 pounds but not more than 7,000
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>pounds, $310 plus 15 cents per pound for each pound in excess of 5,000 pounds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>(5) if the total gross excess weight is more than 7,000 pounds, $610 plus 20 cents
         per <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>pound for each pound in excess of 7,000 pounds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a person found guilty of a violation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>of a weight limit imposed under this section or sections 
         <statute_ref>169.823 </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>~~169.829~~</statute_ref> 169.8295, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>169.84 
         </statute_ref>to 
         <statute_ref>169.851</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> is also found by the court to have knowingly and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>contemporaneously attempted to evade a fixed weigh station or to otherwise avoid weighing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>by means of stationary scales under section 
         <statute_ref>169.85</statute_ref> or other law, the court ~~shall~~ must impose <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>a penalty of twice the amount otherwise authorized under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>(c) Any penalty imposed upon a defendant under this subdivision ~~shall~~ must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>the penalty prescribed by this subdivision. Any fine paid by the defendant in a criminal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>overweight action that arose from the same overweight violation ~~shall be~~ is applied toward <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>payment of the civil penalty under this subdivision. A peace officer or Department
         of Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>Safety employee described in section 
         <statute_ref>299D.06</statute_ref> who cites a driver for a violation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>weight limitations established by sections 
         <statute_ref>169.81</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.851</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>169.87</statute_ref> ~~shall~~ must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>written notice to the driver that the driver or another may also be liable for the
         civil penalties <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>provided herein in the same or separate proceedings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>(d) A penalty imposed upon the owner or lessee of a vehicle that is based on violations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>identified by the use of shippers' weight records under section 
         <statute_ref>169.872</statute_ref> must not exceed an <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>aggregate of $10,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.75.0"></a><a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.02, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Exception for type III vehicle drivers.</b> (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>the holder of a class A, B, C, or D driver's license, without a school bus endorsement,
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>operate a type III vehicle described in section 
         <statute_ref>169.011, subdivision 71</statute_ref>, paragraph (h), under <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>the conditions in ~~paragraphs (b) through (o)~~ this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The operator is an employee of the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for
         the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>bus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The operator's employer has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>annual training and certification of the operator in:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) safe operation of a type III vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) understanding student behavior, including issues relating to students with disabilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) encouraging orderly conduct of students on the bus and handling incidents of <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>misconduct appropriately;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) knowing and understanding relevant laws, rules of the road, and local school bus
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>safety policies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) handling emergency situations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) proper use of seat belts and child safety restraints;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) performance of pretrip vehicle inspections;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) safe loading and unloading of students, including, but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) utilizing a safe location for loading and unloading students at the curb, on the
         nontraffic <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>side of the roadway, or at off-street loading areas, driveways, yards, and other areas
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>enable the student to avoid hazardous conditions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) refraining from loading and unloading students in a vehicular traffic lane, on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>shoulder, in a designated turn lane, or a lane adjacent to a designated turn lane;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) avoiding a loading or unloading location that would require a pupil to cross
         a road, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>or ensuring that the driver or an aide personally escort the pupil across the road
         if it is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>reasonably feasible to avoid such a location;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iv) placing the type III vehicle in "park" during loading and unloading; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(v) escorting a pupil across the road under item (iii) only after the motor is stopped,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>ignition key is removed, the brakes are set, and the vehicle is otherwise rendered
         immobile; <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) compliance with paragraph (k), concerning reporting certain convictions to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>employer within ten days of the date of conviction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A background check or background investigation of the operator has been conducted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>that meets the requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.18, subdivision 8</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>123B.03 </statute_ref>for school <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>district employees; section 
         <statute_ref>144.057</statute_ref> or chapter 245C for day care employees; or section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>171.321, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, for all other persons operating a type III vehicle under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Operators shall submit to a physical examination as required by section 
         <statute_ref>171.321, <br />
            		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The operator's employer requires preemployment drug testing of applicants for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>operator positions. Current operators must comply with the employer's policy under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>181.951, subdivisions 2
         </statute_ref>, 4, and 5. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the operator's <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>employer may use a Breathalyzer or similar device to fulfill random alcohol testing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) The operator's driver's license is verified annually by the entity that owns,
         leases, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>contracts for the type III vehicle as required under section 
         <statute_ref>171.321</statute_ref>, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>609.02</statute_ref>, of violating <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169A.25</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.26</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.27</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>169A.31</statute_ref>, or whose driver's license is revoked under <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>169A.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169A.53</statute_ref> of the implied consent law, or who is convicted of violating <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>or whose driver's license is revoked under a similar statute or ordinance of another
         state, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>precluded from operating a type III vehicle for five years from the date of conviction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) A person who has ever been convicted of a disqualifying offense as defined in
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>171.3215, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (c), may not operate a type III vehicle under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) A person who sustains a conviction, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>609.02</statute_ref>, of a moving <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>offense in violation of chapter 169 within three years of the first of three other
         moving <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>offenses is precluded from operating a type III vehicle for one year from the date
         of the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>conviction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(k) An operator who sustains a conviction as described in paragraph (h), (i), or (j)
         while <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>employed by the entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the school bus, shall report
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>conviction to the employer within ten days of the date of the conviction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(l) An operator of a type III vehicle whose driver's license is suspended, revoked, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>canceled, or disqualified by Minnesota, another state, or another jurisdiction must
         notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>the operator's employer in writing of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, lost
         privilege, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>or disqualification. The operator must notify the operator's employer before the end
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>business day immediately following the day the operator received notice of the suspension,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>revocation, cancellation, lost privilege, or disqualification.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(m) Students riding the type III vehicle must have training required under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>123B.90, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(m)~~ (n) Documentation of meeting the requirements listed in this subdivision must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>maintained under separate file at the business location for each type III vehicle
         operator. <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>The business manager, school board, governing body of a nonpublic school, or any other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>entity that owns, leases, or contracts for the type III vehicle operating under this
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>is responsible for maintaining these files for inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(n)~~ (o) The type III vehicle must bear a current certificate of inspection issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>169.451</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(o)~~ (p) An employee of a school or of a school district, who is not employed for the sole
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>purpose of operating a type III vehicle, is exempt from paragraphs (e) and (f).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.76.0"></a><a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee.</b> (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>license obtained for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is increased
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and $13 for each renewal thereof.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>additional fee must be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>(1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate license, and $7 of the additional
         fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>for each renewal, must be credited to the motorcycle safety fund, which is hereby
         created~~;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>~~provided that ten percent of fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal year must~~
         ~~be~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>~~credited to the general fund~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>(2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>(b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for two-wheeled vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>endorsements must clearly state the amount of the total fee that is dedicated to the
         motorcycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>safety fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.77.0"></a><a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Application.</b> An applicant may file an application with an agent. The agent <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>shall receive and accept applications in accordance with the laws and rules of the
         Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>of Public Safety for a driver's license, restricted license, duplicate license, instruction
         permit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>Minnesota identification card, or motorized bicycle operator's permit. Application records <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>must be maintained at the office of the agent in a manner that complies with sections
         13.05, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>subdivision 5, and 13.055. As an alternative to paper copy storage, an agent may retain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>records and documents in a secure electronic medium that complies with the security
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>requirements under the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>Information Services Division, Policy 5.4 or any successor policy, provided 60 days
         have <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>elapsed since the transaction and subject to standards established by the commissioner.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>agent is responsible for all costs associated with the conversion to electronic records
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>maintenance of the electronic storage medium, including the destruction of existing
         paper <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>records after conversion to the electronic format. All queries and responses in the
         secure <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>electronic medium, and all actions in which data are entered, updated, accessed, or
         shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>or disseminated by the agent must be contained in a data audit trail. Data contained
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>audit trail are public to the extent the data are not otherwise classified under this
         section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.78.0"></a><a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Certain convictions not recorded.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>the department ~~shall~~ must not keep on the record of a driver any conviction for a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>of a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless the violation consisted of a speed greater
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the department ~~shall~~ must not keep on the record <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>of a driver any conviction for a violation of a speed limit of 60 miles per hour unless
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>violation consisted of a speed greater than~~:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>~~(1) ten miles per hour in excess of the speed limit, for any violation occurring on~~
         ~~or after~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>~~August 1, 2012, and before August 1, 2014; or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>~~(2)~~ five miles per hour in excess of the speed limit~~, for any violation occurring on or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>~~after August 1, 2014~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>(c) This subdivision does not apply to (1) a violation that occurs in a commercial
         motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>vehicle, or (2) a violation committed by a holder of a class A, B, or C commercial
         driver's <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>license or commercial driver learner's permit, without regard to whether the violation was <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>committed in a commercial motor vehicle or another vehicle.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.79.0"></a><a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7a. <b>Abandoned and discontinued.</b> "Abandoned and discontinued" means an <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>outdoor advertising device that ceases to display advertising copy for a minimum of
         one <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>year and is not otherwise being actively marketed to display advertising copy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.80.0"></a><a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 17a. <b>Conforming.</b> "Conforming" means an outdoor advertising device that <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>complies with the requirements of this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.81.0"></a><a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, subdivision 18, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 18. <b>Commercial or industrial activity.</b> (a) "Commercial or industrial activity" <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>for the purposes of unzoned commercial or industrial areas means an activity generally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this state~~, except that~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>(b) None of the following activities shall be considered commercial or industrial:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>(1) outdoor advertising devices~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>(2) agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities, including,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>but not limited to, temporary wayside fresh produce stands~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>(3) transient or temporary activities~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>(4) activities not visible from the main-traveled way~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>(5) activities more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>(6) activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>(7) railroad tracks and minor sidings~~.~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>(8) advertising located on vehicles or tractor trailers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>(9) commercial establishments or businesses that have ceased to exist or operate;
         or<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>(10) a business created to install new outdoor advertising devices.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.82.0"></a><a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 21a. <b>Nonconforming.</b> "Nonconforming" means an outdoor advertising device <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>that was lawfully erected and has been maintained lawfully but does not comply with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>requirements of this chapter. A nonconforming sign is one that remains in substantially
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>same condition it was on the effective date of this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.83.0"></a><a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 21b. <b>Off-premise</b> "Off-premise" means an outdoor advertising device that <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>advertises or pertains to any business, product, person, activity, event, or service
         that is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>primarily conducted, sold, manufactured, offered, or located on the property where
         the sign <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>is located.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.84.0"></a><a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, subdivision 23, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 23. <b>Scenic area.</b> "Scenic area" means an area within which control and regulation <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>of the erection and maintenance of advertising devices may be exercised to the extent
         herein <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>provided and such areas shall include only those established as such by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>of transportation. Scenic area includes a scenic byway under United States Code, title 23, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>section 162.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.85.0"></a><a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 23a. <b>Scenic byways.</b> "Scenic byways" means roads that recognize outstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>scenic, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and archaeological qualities and
         landscapes <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>pursuant to United States Code, title 23, section 162.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.86.0"></a><a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority.</b> The commissioner of transportation ~~shall~~ must adopt and <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>may modify, amend, or repeal rules governing the ~~issuance of permits or renewals thereof~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>~~for the erection and~~ maintenance of legal nonconforming advertising devices within scenic <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>areas; provided that the commissioner shall not adopt, modify, amend, or repeal any
         rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>that will impair any agreement ~~with~~ between the state and the federal government under <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>this chapter. The commissioner of transportation may limit the application of any rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>adopted by the commissioner to exclude or include in whole or in part, specified areas
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>the scenic area based upon use, nature of the surrounding community, or such other
         factors <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>as may make separate classification or rule necessary or desirable.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.87.0"></a><a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Forms; content.</b> Application for permits or renewals thereof for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>placement ~~and maintenance~~ of advertising devices ~~within scenic areas shall~~ must be on <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>forms prescribed by the commissioner and ~~shall~~ contain ~~such~~ information as the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>may require. No advertising device shall be placed without the consent of the owner
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>occupant of the land, and adequate proof of such consent shall be submitted to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>commissioner at the time application is made for such permits or renewals. A permit is <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>required to access state right-of-way to maintain an advertising device.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.88.0"></a><a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.08, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Seed sign exemption.</b> Crop varietal and seed corn signs adjacent to interstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>and primary highways may be erected if the device:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>(1) is located on demonstration plats;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>(2) is located on private property;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>(3) does not violate section 160.27 or 160.2715; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>(4) does not reference an off-site address where the product may be sold.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.89.0"></a><a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.08, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Violations; removal.</b> The Department of Transportation may remove signs <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>that violate this section using the removal procedures under section 173.13, subdivision
         11.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.90.0"></a><a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.13, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Removal of advertising device for noncompliance.</b> Advertising devices <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>erected or maintained after June 8, 1971, not complying with ~~Laws 1971, chapter 883, and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>~~not otherwise by Laws 1971, chapter 883, permitted to stand~~ this chapter may be removed <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>by the commissioner upon 60 days prior written notice by certified mail to the owner
         ~~thereof~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>of the advertising device and to the owner of the real property on which ~~such~~ the advertising <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>device is located~~, provided that~~. No notice ~~shall be~~ is required to be given to the owner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>an advertising device whose name is not stated upon the advertising device or the
         structure <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>on which it is displayed, unless the name of ~~such~~ the owner is otherwise reasonably known <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>to the commissioner. The owner of the removed device is liable to the state for the costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>removal. The period of ~~such~~ notice ~~shall be~~ is computed from the date of mailing~~.~~ to both <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>the owner of the advertising device and the owner of the real property where the device
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>located. The department must store a removed outdoor advertising device for a minimum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>of 30 days prior to disposal. If the outdoor advertising device is not retrieved by
         the owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>within 30 days of removal, the department may dispose of the outdoor advertising device.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>The state is not liable for trespass actions or sign costs for outdoor advertising
         devices <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>removed under this subdivision if proper notice has been served.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.91.0"></a><a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 91. <b>[173.155] CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For the purposes of this section, "changeable electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>variable message sign" or "CEVMS" means an outdoor advertising device that contains
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>light-emitting diodes or other technology to display copy visible during the day and
         during <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>the night, with the copy changes initiated electronically.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibition.</b> Intermittent, animated, scrolling, full-motion video elements, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>moving lights are prohibited on outdoor advertising devices, including CEVMS.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a CEVMS is permissible if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>(1) the message does not change more frequently than once every six seconds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>(2) the transition between messages or copy does not exceed two seconds in duration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>(3) the message brightness does not exceed 0.3 foot-candles over ambient light, as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>measured using a foot candle meter from the following distances:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>(i) for signs with a nominal face size of 12 feet by 25 feet, from 150 feet;<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>(ii) for signs with a nominal face size of ten feet, six inches, by 36 feet, from
         200 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>(iii) for signs with a nominal face size of 14 feet by 48 feet, from 250 feet; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>(4) the sign must not cause beams or rays of light to be directed at the traveled
         way if <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>the light is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare that impairs the vision
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>driver of a motor vehicle, or interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>(b) The brightness measurement under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be conducted
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>least 30 minutes after sunset or at least 30 minutes before sunrise. Each CEVMS must
         have <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>automatic dimming technology that adjusts the device's brightness levels in response
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>changes in ambient light.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.92.0"></a><a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Stationary structure.</b> Advertising devices must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>(1) be stationary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>(2) be immobile;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>(3) not have wheels; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>(4) be incapable of relocation without a permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.93.0"></a><a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 173.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Permanent business.</b> (a) A business that is located in an unzoned commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>or industrial area must be in existence for at least three months before a permit
         may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>issued. An outdoor advertising device erected prior to receiving a permit is subject
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>removal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>(b) A commercial establishment may demonstrate evidence of its existence by having
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>a Web site, a telephone number that is answered or has an answering machine identifying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>the business, a storefront, pictorial evidence of the business, a building permit,
         or a lease.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.94.0"></a><a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 94. <b>[173.265] OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES; REMOVAL; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var><b>MAINTENANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>(b) "Destroyed" means that more than 50 percent of a nonconforming outdoor advertising
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>device's upright supports are physically damaged to a degree that normal repair practices
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>would require replacement of broken wooden supports or replacement of broken, bent,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>twisted supports for metal sign structures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>(c) "Reasonable repair and maintenance" means customary maintenance and change of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>a sign's copy or message, and includes replacement of existing light fixtures with
         energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>efficient fixtures or installation of other energy efficiency improvements. Reasonable
         repair <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>and maintenance does not include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>(1) the addition of illumination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>(2) repair, reinstallation, erection, or maintenance for outdoor advertising devices
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>are destroyed, as defined under paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>(3) enlarging the nonconforming device;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>(4) changing the device from a wood structure to a steel or concrete structure; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>(5) any change that would terminate nonconforming status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>(d) "Substantial change" means any action that does not constitute reasonable repair
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>maintenance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> This section applies only to outdoor advertising devices subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>to state and federal regulation under United States Code, title 23, section 131, and
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>regulations adopted under that law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Removal.</b> The department may remove a destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>outdoor advertising device, subject to the limitations provided under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Reasonable repair and maintenance.</b> (a) The owner of an outdoor advertising <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>device may perform reasonable repair and maintenance on any device, provided the device
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>is not destroyed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>(b) Any action not constituting reasonable repair and maintenance will subject the
         outdoor <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>advertising device to immediate removal under subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Substantial change.</b> Substantial changes to outdoor advertising devices are <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>prohibited. A substantial change to a nonconforming outdoor advertising device will
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>the sign to immediate removal under subdivision 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.95.0"></a><a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Revision of statewide multimodal transportation plan.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>~~shall~~ must revise the statewide multimodal transportation plan by January 15, ~~2013~~ 2022, <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>and by January 15 of every ~~four~~ five years thereafter. Before final adoption of a revised <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>plan, the commissioner ~~shall~~ must hold a hearing to receive public comment on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>preliminary draft of the revised plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>(b) Each revised statewide multimodal transportation plan must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>(1) incorporate the goals of the state transportation system in section 
         <statute_ref>174.01</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>(2) establish objectives, policies, and strategies for achieving those goals; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>(3) identify performance targets for measuring progress and achievement of transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>system goals, objectives, or policies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.96.0"></a><a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.03, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1c. <b>Statewide highway </b>~~<b>20-year capital</b>~~<b> investment plan.</b> ~~By January 15, 2013,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>~~and in conjunction with~~ Within one year of each ~~future~~ revision of the statewide multimodal <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>transportation plan under subdivision 1a, the commissioner ~~shall~~ must prepare a 20-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>statewide highway ~~capital~~ investment plan that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>(1) incorporates performance measures and targets for assessing progress and achievement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>of the state's transportation goals, objectives, and policies identified in this chapter
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>state trunk highway system, and those goals, objectives, and policies established
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>statewide multimodal transportation plan. Performance targets must be based on objectively
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>verifiable measures, and address, at a minimum, preservation and maintenance of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>structural condition of state highway bridges and pavements, safety, and mobility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>(2) summarizes trends and impacts for each performance target over the past five years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>(3) summarizes the amount and analyzes the impact of the department's capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>investments and priorities over the past five years on each performance target, including
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>comparison of prior plan projected costs with actual costs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>(4) identifies the investments required to meet the established performance targets
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>the next 20-year period;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>(5) projects available state and federal funding over the 20-year period, including
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>unique, competitive, time-limited, or focused funding opportunities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>(6) identifies strategies to ensure the most efficient use of existing transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>infrastructure, and to maximize the performance benefits of projected available funding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>(7) establishes investment priorities for projected funding, including a schedule
         of major <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>projects or improvement programs for the 20-year period together with projected costs
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>impact on performance targets; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>(8) identifies those performance targets identified under clause (1) not expected
         to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>the target outcome over the 20-year period together with alternative strategies that
         could <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>be implemented to meet the targets.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.97.0"></a><a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 97. <b>[174.38] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>(b) "Active transportation" means bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>nonmotorized transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Program established.</b> Subject to available funds, the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>establish a program to support active transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Active transportation account.</b> An active transportation account is established <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds provided by law and any
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>account must be expended only on a project that receives financial assistance under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Program administration.</b> (a) The commissioner must establish active <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>transportation program requirements, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>(1) assistance eligibility, subject to the requirements under subdivision 5;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>(2) a solicitation and application process that minimizes the burden on applicants;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>(3) procedures to award and pay financial assistance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>(b) The commissioner must annually conduct a solicitation for active transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>projects under the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>(c) The commissioner must make reasonable efforts to publicize each application <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>solicitation among all eligible recipients. The commissioner must assist applicants
         to create <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>and submit applications, with an emphasis on providing assistance in communities that
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>communities of color, low-income households, people with disabilities, and people
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>limited English proficiency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>(d) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>(e) The commissioner is prohibited from expending more than one percent of available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>funds in a fiscal year under this section on program administration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Eligibility.</b> Eligible recipients of financial assistance under this section are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>(1) a political subdivision; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>(2) a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>amended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Use of funds.</b> The commissioner must determine permissible uses of financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>assistance under this section, which are limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>(1) construction and maintenance of bicycle, trail, and pedestrian infrastructure,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>but not limited to safe routes to school infrastructure and bicycle facilities and
         centers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>(2) noninfrastructure programming, including activities as specified in section 174.40,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>subdivision 7a, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Project evaluation and selection.</b> (a) The commissioner must establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>project evaluation and selection process that is competitive, criteria-based, and
         objective.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>(b) The process must include criteria and prioritization of projects based on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>(1) the project's inclusion in a municipal or regional nonmotorized transportation
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>(2) the extent to which policies or practices of the political subdivision encourage
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>promote complete streets planning, design, and construction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>(3) the extent to which the project supports connections between communities and to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>key destinations within a community;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>(4) identified barriers or deficiencies in the nonmotorized transportation system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>(5) identified safety or health benefits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>(6) geographic equity in project benefits, with an emphasis on communities that are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>historically and currently underrepresented in local or regional planning; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>(7) ability of a grantee to maintain the active transportation infrastructure following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>project completion.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.98.0"></a><a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Certification and disbursal for project of political subdivision.</b> Before <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>disbursement of an appropriation made from the fund to the commissioner of transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>for grants to subdivisions of the state, the commissioner ~~shall~~ must certify that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>(1) ~~that the project for which the grant is made has been reviewed as provided in~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>~~subdivision 4;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>~~(2) that~~ the project conforms to the program authorized by the appropriation law and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>rules adopted by the Department of Transportation consistent therewith; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>~~(3) that~~ (2) the financing of any estimated cost of the project in excess of the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>the grant is assured by the appropriation of the proceeds of bonds or other funds
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>subdivision, or by a grant from an agency of the federal government, within the amount
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>funds then appropriated to that agency and allocated by it to projects within the
         state, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>by an irrevocable undertaking, in a resolution of the governing body of the subdivision,
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>use all funds so made available exclusively for the project, and to pay any additional
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>by which the cost exceeds the estimate through appropriation to the construction fund
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>additional funds or the proceeds of additional bonds to be issued by the subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.99.0"></a><a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6b. <b>Bridge costs in smaller cities.</b> (a) The commissioner may make grants from <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>the state transportation fund to a home rule or statutory city with a population of
         5,000 or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>less for design, engineering, and construction of bridges on city streets.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>~~(b) Grants under this subdivision are subject to the procedures and criteria established~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>~~under subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>~~(c)~~ (b) Grants may be used for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>(1) 100 percent of the design and engineering costs that are in excess of $10,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>(2) 100 percent of the bridge approach work costs that are in excess of $10,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>(3) 100 percent of the bridge construction work costs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.100.0"></a><a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 6c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6c. <b>Fracture-critical bridges.</b> ~~(a)~~ The commissioner may make a grant to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>political subdivision for replacement or rehabilitation of a fracture-critical bridge.
         To be <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>eligible for a grant under this subdivision, the project must produce a bridge structure:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>(1) that is no longer classified as fracture critical, by having alternate load paths;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>(2) whose failure of a main component will not result in the collapse of the bridge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>~~(b) A grant under this subdivision is subject to the procedures and criteria established~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>~~under subdivisions 5 and 6.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.101.0"></a><a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Bridge grant program; rulemaking.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>shall develop rules, procedures for application for grants, conditions of grant administration,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>standards, and criteria as provided under subdivision 6, including bridge specifications,
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use in the administration
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration of grants to subdivisions.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>Grants under this section are subject to the procedures and criteria established in
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>subdivision and in subdivisions 5 and 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from
         the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement
         bridge <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>must be ten feet or more in length.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross
         over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a
         grant under <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from the minimum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>(d) Political subdivisions may use grants made under this section to construct or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>reconstruct bridges, including but not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>(1) matching federal aid grants to construct or reconstruct key bridges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>(2) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>replacement but where no replacement will be made; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>(3) paying the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>existing bridge if the commissioner determines that the bridge is deficient, and that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>construction of the road or street is more economical than replacement of the existing
         bridge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>(e) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds
         created <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>by article XIV of the Minnesota Constitution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>(f) The commissioner is prohibited from awarding a grant under this section for a
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with a total project cost estimate of
         $7,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>or more.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), the commissioner may award a grant under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>section for a portion of a local bridge replacement or rehabilitation project with
         a total <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>project cost estimate of $7,000,000 or more if every other local bridge replacement
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>rehabilitation project on the commissioner's priority list with a total project cost
         estimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>of less than $7,000,000 has been fully funded.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.102.0"></a><a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 102. <b>[174.53] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>(a) Beginning in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the commissioner of transportation must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>implement efficiencies equal to at least 15 percent of the appropriations made annually
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>the commissioner from the trunk highway fund that are above base appropriations for
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>years 2018 and 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>(b) The efficiency savings resulting from the requirements in paragraph (a) are for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of trunk highways, including roads and
         bridges.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.103.0"></a><a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.56, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Availability of information.</b> The commissioner must maintain an Internet Web <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>site that displays information for each major highway project. At a minimum, the information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>must include the report contents identified in subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.104.0"></a><a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 104. <b>[174.57] SNOW AND ICE CONTROL; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>(a) In a fiscal year in which the commissioner expends more than 110 percent of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>established biennial expenditure level for snow and ice management, the commissioner
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>use an additional amount for this purpose that does not exceed 50 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>unappropriated balance in the trunk highway fund. The amount identified by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>commissioner under this paragraph is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>commissioner for snow and ice management purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>(b) Upon using the appropriation authority in this section, the commissioner must
         notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>the commissioner of management and budget and the chairs, ranking minority members,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>and staff of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>transportation finance. The notification must at a minimum identify the established
         biennial <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>expenditure level for snow and ice management and the amount appropriated under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>(c) In each budget submission to the legislature under section 16A.11, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>(1) the proposed biennial expenditure level for snow and ice management for the next
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>budget biennium; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>(2) the total amount expended or estimated to be expended under the appropriation
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>this section for the budget biennium that is ending.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>(d) For purposes of this section, "snow and ice management purposes" means the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>following items relating to keeping the roads clear of snow and ice: overtime pay
         for existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>employees; fuel; maintenance and repair; and anti-icing treatments, salt, sand, or
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>similar substances. "Snow and ice management purposes" does not include the hiring
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>additional employees or purchasing additional vehicles or equipment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.105.0"></a><a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 174.93, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var><b>174.93 </b>~~<b>GUIDEWAY</b>~~<b> METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT</b><b> INVESTMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>the meanings given~~:~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>~~(1)~~ (b) "Busway" means a form of bus service provided to the public on a regular and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>ongoing basis, including arterial or highway bus rapid transit, that (1) compared
         to other <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>regular route bus service, provides reduced travel time and uses distinct bus stop
         or station <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>amenities, and (2) does not primarily or substantially operate within separated rights-of-way;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation~~;~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>~~(2)~~ (d) "Guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>regular and ongoing basis~~,~~ that primarily or substantially operates ~~on exclusive or controlled~~  <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>within separated rights-of-way or operates on rails ~~in whole or in part~~, and includes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>(1) each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light rail transit, and streetcars~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>~~and~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>(2) as applicable, each line for dedicated bus service, which may include arterial
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>highway bus rapid transit~~; and~~, limited stop bus service, and express bus service; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>(3) any intermodal facility serving two or more lines identified in clauses (1) and
         (2). <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>Guideway does not include a busway.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>~~(3)~~ (e) "Local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad
         authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>or joint powers board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>(f) "Separated rights-of-way" includes exclusive, dedicated, or primary use of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>right-of-way by the public transportation service. Separated rights-of-way does not
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>a shoulder, dynamic shoulder lane, or priced lane under section 160.93.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>~~(b) For purposes of this section,~~ (g) "Sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>~~(c) For purposes of this section,~~ (h) "Budget activity" includes, but is not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and final
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and rehabilitation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>and construction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Guideway </b><b>capital project requests to legislature.</b> A state agency or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>unit of government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>guideway project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>project that presents the following information as reflected by the data and level
         of detail <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>available in the latest phase of project development:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>proposed sources of funds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Legislative report.</b> (a) By ~~January~~ October 15~~, 2012, and by November 15~~ in <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>every ~~odd-numbered~~ even-numbered year ~~thereafter~~, the ~~commissioner shall~~ council must <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>prepare, in collaboration with the ~~Metropolitan Council~~ commissioner, ~~and~~ a report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>comprehensive transit finance in the metropolitan area. The council must submit ~~a~~ the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance ~~concerning~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>(b) The report must be structured to provide financial information in six-month increments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>corresponding to state and local fiscal years, and must use consistent assumptions
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>methodologies. The report must comprehensively identify all funding sources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>expenditures related to transit in the metropolitan area, including but not limited
         to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>(1) sources and uses of funds from regional railroad authorities, joint powers agreements,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>counties, and cities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>(2) expenditures for transit planning, feasibility studies, alternatives analysis,
         and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>transit project development; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>(3) expenditures for guideways, busways, regular route bus service, demand-response
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>service, and special transportation service under section 473.386.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>(c) The report must include a section that summarizes the status of (1) guideways in <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>revenue operation, and (2) guideway projects ~~(1)~~ (i) currently in study, planning, <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>development, or construction; ~~(2)~~ (ii) identified in the transportation policy plan under <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>473.146</statute_ref>; or ~~(3)~~ (iii) identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and passenger <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>rail plan under section 
         <statute_ref>174.03, subdivision 1b</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>~~(b)~~ (d) At a minimum, the guideways status section of the report must ~~include,~~ provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>for each guideway project wholly or partially in the metropolitan area:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones, including any federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>approvals; (ii) expected and known dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>and (iii) expected and known dates of completion of each phase or milestone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of
         detail <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected expenditures,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>committed and proposed sources of funds for the project; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>(e) The report must include a section that summarizes the status of (1) busways in
         revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>operation, and (2) busway projects currently in study, planning, development, or construction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>(f) The report must include a section that identifies the total ridership, farebox
         recovery <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>ratio, and per-passenger operating subsidy for (1) each route and line in revenue
         operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>by a transit provider, including guideways, busways, and regular route bus service;
         and (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>demand-response service and special transportation service. The section must provide
         data, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>as available on a per-passenger mile basis and must provide information for at least
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>previous three years. The section must identify performance standards for farebox
         recovery <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>and identify each route and line that does not meet the standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>~~(c)~~ (g) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for transit operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>and investment in ~~guideway~~ expansion and maintenance that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing ten years, and with a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>(i) total capital expenditures for guideways and for busways;<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways and for busways;<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>(iii) total funding available for guideways and for busways, including from projected or <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>estimated farebox recovery; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for guideway <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>and for busway investments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>~~(d)~~ (h) The ~~projection~~ capacity analysis under paragraph ~~(c), clause (1),~~ (g) must ~~be for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>include all guideway and busway lines for which ~~state~~ public funds are reasonably expected <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>to be expended in planning, development, construction, ~~or~~ revenue operation, or capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>maintenance during the ensuing ten years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>~~(e)~~ (i) Local units of government ~~shall~~ must provide assistance and information in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>timely manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>applies beginning with the report due by October 15, 2018. This section applies in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.106.0"></a><a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 106. <b>[219.016] HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RAIL SAFETY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Program established.</b> A hazardous materials rail safety program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>established for the purpose of reducing the risks associated with the transportation
         of oil, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>ethanol, and other hazardous material by rail.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Accounts established.</b> Two hazardous materials rail safety program accounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>are created, one in the special revenue fund and one in the bond proceeds fund. The
         account <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>in the special revenue fund consists of money as provided by law, and any other money
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in each
         account <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>is appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to make grants as provided in
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>section. Money in the accounts is available until spent, notwithstanding section 16A.28
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>16A.642.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Eligible applicant.</b> A county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town that <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>is responsible for establishing and maintaining public highway-rail grade crossings
         on rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>corridors transporting crude oil and other hazardous materials may apply to the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>for financial assistance under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Eligible project.</b> (a) A project is eligible for a grant from the account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>bond proceeds fund if the project is for the acquisition or betterment of public land,
         buildings, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>and other public improvements of a capital nature within the meaning of the Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a) or (i), including capital costs associated
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>hazardous materials rail safety projects on public highway-rail grade crossings. Qualifying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>capital costs include but are not limited to upgrades to existing protection systems,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>closing of crossings and necessary roadwork, and reconstruction of at-grade crossings
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>full grade separations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>(b) A project is eligible for a grant from the account in the special revenue fund
         if it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>for purposes described in paragraph (a) or other capital facility improvement purposes
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>support the purposes for which this grant program is established, including capital
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>associated with planning, engineering, administration, and construction of public
         highway-rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>grade crossing improvements on rail corridors transporting crude oil and other hazardous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>materials. Improvements may include upgrades to existing protection systems, the closing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>of crossings and necessary roadwork, and reconstruction of at-grade crossings to full
         grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>separations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Grants; criteria for grant award.</b> The commissioner must consider the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.33"></a><var>97.33</var>following criteria to evaluate applications for a grant award under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) whether the crossing was identified as a potential candidate for grade separation
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>the Department of Transportation's crude by rail grade crossing study (Improvements
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>Highway Grade Crossings and Rail Safety, December 2014);<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) roadway traffic volumes and speeds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) train volumes and speeds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) adjacent land use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) crash history;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) use of the crossing by emergency vehicles;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) use of the crossing by vehicles carrying hazardous materials; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) local financial contributions to the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Process.</b>  The commissioner must develop forms and procedures for soliciting <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>and reviewing applications for grants under this section. An applicant must apply
         for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>in the manner and at the times determined by the commissioner. The grant agreement
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>be approved by the commissioner of management and budget and is subject to cancellation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>under subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Grant cancellation.</b> If the commissioner determines that a grantee is unable <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>to proceed with an approved project or has not expended or obligated the grant money
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>four years of entering into the grant agreement with the commissioner, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>must cancel the grant. Money canceled under this subdivision is available for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>commissioner to make other grants under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.107.0"></a><a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2e. <b>Exemptions for pipeline welding trucks.</b> A pipeline welding truck, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.38, paragraph (b), including
         an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>operating a pipeline welding truck and the employer of the individual, is exempt from
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>requirement relating to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>(1) registration as a motor carrier, including the requirement to obtain and display
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>United States Department of Transportation number under subdivision 6 and section
         168.185;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>(2) driver qualifications under section 221.0314, subdivision 2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>(3) driving of commercial motor vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivision 6;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>(4) parts, accessories, and inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>vehicles under section 221.0314, subdivisions 7 and 10; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>(5) hours of service of drivers, including maximum driving and on-duty time under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>section 221.0314, subdivision 9.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.108.0"></a><a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 222.49, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var><b>222.49 RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The rail service improvement account is created in the special revenue fund in the
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>treasury. The ~~commissioner shall deposit in this~~ account ~~all~~ consists of funds as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>by law, and any other money ~~appropriated to or received by the department for the purpose~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>~~of rail service improvement~~ donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>account, excluding bond proceeds as authorized by article XI, section 5, clause (i), of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>Minnesota Constitution. All money so deposited is appropriated to the department for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>expenditure for rail service improvement in accordance with applicable state and federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>law. This appropriation shall not lapse but shall be available until the purpose for
         which it <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>was appropriated has been accomplished. ~~No money appropriated to the department for the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>~~purposes of administering the rail service improvement program shall be deposited~~
         ~~in the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>~~rail service improvement account nor shall such administrative costs be paid from~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>~~account.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.109.0"></a><a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 222.50, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Grants.</b> The commissioner may approve grants from the rail service <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>improvement account for ~~payment of up to 50 percent of the nonfederal share of the cost~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>~~of any rail line project under the federal rail service continuation program~~ freight rail service <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>improvements that support economic development.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.110.0"></a><a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Estates subject to claims.</b> (a) If a person receives medical assistance hereunder, <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married couple,
         either <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided for in this
         section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>the amount paid for medical assistance as limited under subdivision 2 for the person
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of
         the surviving <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree
         of descent <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>according to sections 
         <statute_ref>525.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>525.313</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>(1) the person's probate estate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property
         the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>person's death;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the
         person <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-301</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.6-311</statute_ref> at the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests
         become part <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>of the probate estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and
         pay-on-death <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.6-214</statute_ref> at the time of the person's death to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-207</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>living trust, transfer-on-death of title or deed, or other arrangements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for
         medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal
         title and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or marital
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the
         proceeds of <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a survivor,
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased recipient
         who, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have an interest
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>entire property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all
         or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased
         spouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are permitted,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both persons
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>under one of the following circumstances:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>(1) the person was over 55 years of age, and received services under this chapter
         prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>to January 1, 2014;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>(2) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for medical
         assistance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected to be discharged
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating physician. For
         purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>of this section only, a "medical institution" means a skilled nursing facility, intermediate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities,
         nursing <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>facility, or inpatient hospital;<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var>(3) the person received general assistance medical care services under the program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>formerly codified under chapter 256D; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>(4) the person was 55 years of age or older and received medical assistance services
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>or after January 1, 2014, that consisted of nursing facility services, home and <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>community-based services, or related hospital and prescription drug benefits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>purpose of section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-805</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state agency,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any claim
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var>hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. Notice of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other persons
         with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time of the decedent's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The notice must
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship waiver under
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; and information regarding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half of the nonfederal
         share of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>medical assistance collections from estates that are directly attributable to county
         effort. <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for alternative care directly
         attributable <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>to county effort.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.111.0"></a><a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue.</b> ~~(a) For purposes of this subdivision,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>~~"net revenue" means an amount equal to the revenues, including interest and penalties,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var>~~collected under this section, during the fiscal year; less $32,000,000 in each fiscal~~
         ~~year.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.32"></a><var>101.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(b)~~ (a) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue ~~shall~~ must <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.33"></a><var>101.33</var>estimate the ~~amount of the net revenue~~ revenues, including interest and penalties and minus <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.34"></a><var>101.34</var>refunds, collected under this section for the current fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(c) On or after~~ (b) By July ~~1~~ 15 of the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>management and budget ~~shall~~ must transfer the ~~net revenue as~~ revenues estimated ~~in~~ under <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>paragraph ~~(b)~~ (a) from the general fund~~,~~ as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>(1) 38 percent to the county state-aid highway fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>(2) 38 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account;<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>(3) 13 percent to the Minnesota state transportation fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>(4) 11 percent to the highway user tax distribution fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(1) $9,000,000 annually until January 1, 2015, and 50 percent annually thereafter~~
         ~~to the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var>~~county state-aid highway fund.~~ (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>commissioner of transportation ~~shall~~ must allocate the funds transferred under ~~this~~ paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>(b),  clause (1), to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>subdivision 4, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county
         ~~shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>~~receive of such amount~~ receives the percentage that its population, as defined in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>477A.011
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the current
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>calendar year, bears to the total population of the counties receiving funds under
         this ~~clause;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>~~and~~ paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;~~(2) the remainder to the greater Minnesota transit account.~~ (d) The amount transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var>under paragraph (b), clause (3), must be used for the local bridge program under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>174.50, subdivisions 6 to 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>(e) The revenues under this subdivision do not include the revenues, including interest
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>and penalties and minus refunds, generated by the sales tax imposed under section
         297A.62, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>subdivision 1a, which must be deposited as provided under the Minnesota Constitution,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>article XI, section 15.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var>applies beginning with transfers recognized in fiscal year 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.112.0"></a><a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.94, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var><b>297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in
         the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>treasury and credit them to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>account in the special revenue fund if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var>(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 
         <statute_ref>41A.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>The commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the commissioner the date
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>which the project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the
         loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
         derived <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 
         <statute_ref>297A.61, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>(1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each
         fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>year the amount required by section 
         <statute_ref>16A.661, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>(2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general
         fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>(d) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>in the state treasury the revenues collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 1,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>interest and penalties and minus refunds, and credit them to the highway user tax
         distribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>(e) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, in the state treasury and credit them to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway
         user <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, <br />
            		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, for the previous calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>~~(e)~~ (f) Beginning with sales taxes remitted after July 1, 2017, in conjunction with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>deposit of revenues under paragraph (d), the commissioner shall deposit into the state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>treasury and credit to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the
         estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>lease or rental for not more than 28 days of rental motor vehicles subject to section
         297A.64. <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>The commissioner shall estimate the amount of sales tax revenue deposited under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>paragraph based on the amount of revenue deposited under paragraph (d).<br />
         		 <a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>(g) Starting after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall deposit an amount of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var>remittances monthly into the state treasury and credit them to the highway user tax
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.33"></a><var>103.33</var>distribution fund as a portion of the estimated amount of taxes collected from the
         sale and <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>purchase of motor vehicle repair parts in that month. For the remittances between
         July 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>2017, and June 30, 2019, the monthly deposit amount is $6,001,000. For remittances
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>each subsequent fiscal year, the monthly deposit amount is $17,173,000. For purposes
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>this paragraph, "motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 297B.01, subdivision
         11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>and "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" includes (i) all parts, tires, accessories,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>and equipment incorporated into or affixed to the motor vehicle as part of the motor
         vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>maintenance and repair, and (ii) paint, oil, and other fluids that remain on or in
         the motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>vehicle as part of the motor vehicle maintenance or repair. For purposes of this paragraph,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>"tire" means any tire of the type used on highway vehicles, if wholly or partially
         made of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>rubber and if marked according to federal regulations for highway use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>(h) 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.65</statute_ref>, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>treasury as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>(1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance,
         or protect <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement
         of land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>water, and other natural resources of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>be spent only for state parks and trails;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>may be spent only on local trail grants; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>and the Duluth Zoo.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>~~(f)~~ (i)  The revenue dedicated under paragraph ~~(e)~~ (h) may not be used as a substitute <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with money
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph ~~(e)~~ (h) must be open to public hunting <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or on
         lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during certain
         times <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>resources under paragraph ~~(e)~~ (h) must be allocated for field operations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>~~(g)~~ (j) The revenues deposited under paragraphs (a) to ~~(f)~~ (i) do not include the revenues, <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>including interest and penalties, generated by the sales tax imposed under section
         
         <statute_ref>297A.62, <br />
            		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>, which must be deposited as provided under the Minnesota Constitution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>article XI, section 15.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.113.0"></a><a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10a. <b>Termination of taxes; use of remaining funds.</b> If the joint powers agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>under subdivision 3 is terminated, funds received by a county in association with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>termination may be used for any of the purposes specified in section 297A.993, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.114.0"></a><a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297B.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 16. <b>Sale, sells, selling, purchase, purchased, or acquired.</b> (a) "Sale," "sells," <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>"selling," "purchase," "purchased," or "acquired" means any transfer of title of any
         motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>vehicle, whether absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>or barter for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Any motor vehicle utilized by the owner only by leasing such vehicle to others
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>by holding it in an effort to so lease it, and which is put to no other use by the
         owner other <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>than resale after such lease or effort to lease, shall be considered property purchased
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>resale.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The terms also shall include any transfer of title or ownership of a motor vehicle
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>other means, for or without consideration, except that these terms shall not include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the acquisition of a motor vehicle by inheritance from or by bequest of, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>transfer-on-death of title by, a decedent who owned it;<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the transfer of a motor vehicle which was previously licensed in the names of
         two <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>or more joint tenants and subsequently transferred without monetary consideration
         to one <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>or more of the joint tenants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of gift from a limited used vehicle dealer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27, subdivision 4a</statute_ref>, to an individual, when the transfer is with <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>no monetary or other consideration or expectation of consideration and the parties
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>transfer submit an affidavit to that effect at the time the title transfer is recorded;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the transfer of a motor vehicle by gift between:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>(i) spouses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>(ii) parents and a child; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>(iii) grandparents and a grandchild;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>(5) the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a motor vehicle between a husband and
         wife <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>in a divorce proceeding; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of a gift to an organization that is exempt
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>motor vehicle will be used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.115.0"></a><a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299D.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Training program.</b> The commissioner of public safety may provide training <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>programs for the purpose of obtaining qualified personnel for the State Patrol. Persons
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>accepted by the commissioner of public safety for training under this training program
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>be designated State Patrol trainees and shall receive a salary ~~not to exceed~~ no less than 70 <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>percent of the basic salary for patrol officers as prescribed in subdivision 2, during
         the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>of the training. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>commissioner of public safety from providing in-service training programs for State
         Patrol <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>officers. The commissioner of transportation shall furnish the commissioner of public
         safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>with lands and buildings necessary in providing in-service training programs and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>Department of Public Safety shall reimburse the Department of Transportation for all
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>reasonable costs incurred due to the provision of these training facilities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.116.0"></a><a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 398A.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Application.</b> This section only applies to a county that has imposed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>metropolitan transportation sales and use tax under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.992</statute_ref> and applies whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>or not the tax is currently in effect.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.117.0"></a><a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 398A.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "project" means the initial construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>or extension of a minimum operable segment of a new light rail transit or commuter rail <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>line, but does not include infill stations, project enhancements, ~~extensions,~~ or supportive <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>infrastructure, constructed after the rail transit is operational.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.118.0"></a><a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Metropolitan area or area.</b> "Metropolitan area" or "area" means the area over <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>which the Metropolitan Council has jurisdiction, including only the counties of Anoka;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>Carver; Dakota excluding the ~~city~~ cities of Northfield and Cannon Falls; Hennepin excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>the cities of Hanover and Rockford; Ramsey; Scott excluding the city of New Prague;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>Washington.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.119.0"></a><a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.123, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var><b>473.123 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation</b><b>; membership</b><b>.</b> (a) A Metropolitan Council with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>in the metropolitan area is established as a public corporation and political subdivision
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>the state. It shall be under the supervision and control of ~~17~~ 27 members, all of whom ~~shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>must be residents of the metropolitan area~~.~~ and appointed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>(1) a county commissioner from each metropolitan county, appointed by the respective
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>county boards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>(2) a local elected official appointed from each Metropolitan Council district by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>municipal committee for the council district established in subdivision 2b;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>(3) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>(4) one person to represent nonmotorized transportation, appointed by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>of transportation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>(5) one person to represent freight transportation, appointed by the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>transportation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>(6) one person to represent public transit, appointed by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>(b) The local elected offices identified in paragraph (a) are compatible with the
         office <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>of a Metropolitan Council member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>(c) Notwithstanding any change to the definition of the metropolitan area in section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>473.121, subdivision 2, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council is limited to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>seven-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Terms.</b> (a) Following each apportionment of council districts, as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>under subdivision 3a, ~~council members must be appointed from newly drawn districts as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>~~provided in subdivision 3a. Each council member, other than the chair, must reside~~
         ~~in the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>~~council district represented. Each council district must be represented by one member~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>~~the council. The terms of members end with the term of the governor, except that all~~
         ~~terms~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>~~expire on the effective date of the next apportionment. A member serves at the pleasure~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>~~the governor.~~  the municipal committee for each council district must appoint a local elected <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>official who resides in the district to serve on the Metropolitan Council for a two-year
         term. <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>A member's position on the Metropolitan Council becomes vacant if the member ceases
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>be a local elected official or as provided in chapter 351, and any vacancy must be
         filled as <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>soon as practicable for the unexpired term in the same manner as the appointment for
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>regular term. A member ~~shall continue~~ continues to serve the member's district until a <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>successor is appointed and qualified; except that, following each apportionment, the
         member <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>~~shall continue~~ continues to serve at large until the ~~governor appoints 16 council members,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>~~one~~ municipal committee for the council district appoints a member from ~~each of~~ the newly <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>drawn council ~~districts~~ district as provided under subdivision 3a, to serve terms as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>under this section. The appointment to the council must be made by the first Monday
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>March of the year in which the term ends.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>(b) A county commissioner is appointed to the Metropolitan Council for a two-year
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>term. In addition to the provisions in chapter 351, if a member appointed under this
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>ceases to be a county commissioner, the council position becomes vacant. A vacancy
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>be filled as soon as practicable for the unexpired term in the same manner as the
         appointment <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>for a regular term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>(c) An individual appointed by the commissioner of transportation under subdivision
         1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var>serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.33"></a><var>108.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Municipal committee in each council district.</b> The governing body of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.34"></a><var>108.34</var>home rule charter or statutory city and town in each Metropolitan Council district
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>appoint a member to serve on a municipal committee for the council district. If a
         city or <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>town is in more than one council district, the governing body must appoint a member
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>serve on each council district's municipal committee. A member appointed to a council
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>district's municipal committee must reside in the council district. In addition to
         appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>a municipal committee member to serve as a member of the Metropolitan Council as provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var>in subdivision 2a, the municipal committee must meet at least quarterly to discuss
         issues <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var>relating to the Metropolitan Council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. ~~<b>Membership; appointment; qualifications</b>~~<b> Compensation</b><b>.</b> (a) ~~Sixteen~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>~~members must be appointed by the governor from districts defined by this section.~~
         ~~Each~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var>~~council member must reside in the council district represented. Each council district~~
         ~~must~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var>~~be represented by one member of the council.~~ In addition to any compensation as a local <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>elected official, the council must pay each member of the council other than the chair
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>the commissioner of transportation, or the commissioner's designee, $20,000 per year
         plus <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses as approved by the council. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee is not eligible for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var>compensation under this subdivision but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>(b) ~~In addition to the notice required by section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~15.0597, subdivision 4~~</statute_ref>~~, notice of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>~~vacancies and expiration of terms must be published in newspapers of general circulation~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>~~in the metropolitan area and the appropriate districts. The governing bodies of the~~
         ~~statutory~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>~~and home rule charter cities, counties, and towns having territory in the district~~
         ~~for which~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>~~a member is to be appointed must be notified in writing. The notices must describe~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>~~appointments process and invite participation and recommendations on the appointment.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>In addition to any compensation as a local elected official, the council must pay
         the chair <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>$40,000 per year plus reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses as approved by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>~~(c) The governor shall create a nominating committee, composed of seven metropolitan~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>~~citizens appointed by the governor, to nominate persons for appointment to the council~~
         ~~from~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>~~districts. Three of the committee members must be local elected officials. Following~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>~~submission of applications as provided under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~15.0597, subdivision 5~~</statute_ref>~~, the nominating~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>~~committee shall conduct public meetings, after appropriate notice, to accept statements~~
         ~~from~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var>~~or on behalf of persons who have applied or been nominated for appointment and to~~
         ~~allow~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.33"></a><var>109.33</var>~~consultation with and secure the advice of the public and local elected officials.~~
         ~~The~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.34"></a><var>109.34</var>~~committee shall hold the meeting on each appointment in the district or in a reasonably~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.35"></a><var>109.35</var>~~convenient and accessible location in the part of the metropolitan area in which the~~
         ~~district~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>~~is located. The committee may consolidate meetings. Following the meetings, the committee~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>~~shall submit to the governor a list of nominees for each appointment. The governor~~
         ~~is not~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>~~required to appoint from the list.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>~~(d) Before making an appointment, the governor shall consult with all members of the~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>~~legislature from the council district for which the member is to be appointed.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var>~~(e) Appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent of the senate~~
         ~~as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>~~provided in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~15.066~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>~~(f) Members of the council must be appointed to reflect fairly the various demographic,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>~~political, and other interests in the metropolitan area and the districts.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var>~~(g) Members of the council must be persons knowledgeable about urban and metropolitan~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>~~affairs.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var>~~(h) Any vacancy in the office of a council member shall immediately be filled for~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var>~~unexpired term. In filling a vacancy, the governor may forgo the requirements of paragraph~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>~~(c) if the governor has made appointments in full compliance with the requirements~~
         ~~of this~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>~~subdivision within the preceding 12 months.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3a. <b>Redistricting.</b> The legislature ~~shall~~ must redraw the boundaries of the council <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>districts after each decennial federal census so that each district has substantially
         equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>population. Redistricting is effective in the year ending in the numeral "3." Within
         60 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>after a redistricting plan takes effect, the ~~governor shall~~ municipal committees must appoint <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>members from the newly drawn districts to serve terms as provided under subdivision
         2a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3e. <b>District boundaries.</b> Metropolitan Council plan MC2013-1A, on file with <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>the Geographical Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>and published on its Web site on April 9, 2013, is adopted and constitutes the redistricting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>plan required by subdivision 3a. The boundaries of each Metropolitan Council district
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>as described in that plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Chair; appointment, officers, selection; duties and compensation.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>chair of the Metropolitan Council ~~shall~~ must be appointed by the governor as the ~~17th~~ 28th <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>voting member thereof by and with the advice and consent of the senate to serve at
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>pleasure of the governor to represent the metropolitan area at large. ~~Senate confirmation~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>~~shall be as provided by section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~15.066~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var>The chair of the Metropolitan Council ~~shall~~ must, if present, preside at meetings of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var>council, have the primary responsibility for meeting with local elected officials,
         serve as <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.33"></a><var>110.33</var>the principal legislative liaison, present to the governor and the legislature, after
         council <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>approval, the council's plans for regional governance and operations, serve as the
         principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>spokesperson of the council, and perform other duties assigned by the council or by
         law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>(b) The Metropolitan Council ~~shall~~ must elect other officers as it deems necessary for <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>the conduct of its affairs for a one-year term. A secretary and treasurer need not
         be members <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>of the Metropolitan Council. Meeting times and places ~~shall~~ must be fixed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>Metropolitan Council and special meetings may be called by a majority of the members
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>the Metropolitan Council or by the chair. The chair and each Metropolitan Council
         member <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>~~shall~~ must  be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var>(c) Each member of the council ~~shall~~ must attend and participate in council meetings <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>and meet regularly with local elected officials and legislative members from the council
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>member's district. Each council member ~~shall~~ must serve on at least one division committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>for transportation, environment, or community development.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>(d) In the performance of its duties the Metropolitan Council may adopt policies and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>procedures governing its operation, establish committees, and, when specifically authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>by law, make appointments to other governmental agencies and districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>General counsel.</b> The council may appoint a general counsel to serve at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>pleasure of the council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Authority to vote; quorum; votes required for action.</b> (a) The members <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>appointed by the counties and municipal committees may vote on all matters before
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>council. The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee and the
         three <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>members appointed by the commissioner may vote only on matters in which the council
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>acting as the metropolitan planning organization for the region as provided in section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>473.146.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>(b) A quorum is a majority of the members permitted to vote on a matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>(c) If a quorum is present, the council may adopt its levy only if at least 60 percent
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var>the members present vote in favor of the levy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>(d) If a quorum is present, the council may adopt a metropolitan system plan or plan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>amendment only if at least 60 percent of the members present vote in favor of its
         adoption.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>(e) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), if a quorum is present, the council
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>act on a majority vote of the members present.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>January 1, 2019, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.33"></a><var>111.33</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.120.0"></a><a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.146, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Development guide: transportation.</b> The transportation chapter must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>policies relating to all transportation forms and be designed to promote the legislative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>determinations, policies, and goals set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>473.371</statute_ref>. In addition to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>requirements of subdivision 1 regarding the contents of the policy plan, the nontransit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>element of the transportation chapter must include the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var>(1) a statement of the needs and problems of the metropolitan area with respect to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>functions covered, including the present and prospective demand for and constraints
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>access to regional business concentrations and other major activity centers and the
         constraints <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>on and acceptable levels of development and vehicular trip generation at such centers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>(2) the objectives of and the policies to be forwarded by the policy plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>(3) a general description of the physical facilities and services to be developed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var>(4) a statement as to the general location of physical facilities and service areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>(5) a general statement of timing and priorities in the development of those physical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>facilities and service areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>(6) a detailed statement, updated every two years, of timing and priorities for <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>improvements and expenditures needed on the metropolitan highway system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>(7) a general statement on the level of public expenditure appropriate to the facilities;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>(8) a long-range assessment of air transportation trends and factors that may affect
         airport <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>development in the metropolitan area and policies and strategies that will ensure
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>comprehensive, coordinated, and timely investigation and evaluation of alternatives
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>airport development.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>The council shall develop the nontransit element in consultation with ~~the transportation~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>~~advisory board and~~ the Metropolitan Airports Commission and cities having an airport <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>located within or adjacent to its corporate boundaries. The council shall also take
         into <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>consideration the airport development and operations plans and activities of the commission.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>The council shall transmit the results to the state Department of Transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2019, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.121.0"></a><a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Transportation planning.</b> ~~(a)~~ The Metropolitan Council is the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties, and municipalities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>~~(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and representatives~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>~~of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning responsibilities~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>~~of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>~~(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>~~(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's designee;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>~~(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the commission;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>~~(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var>~~(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the freight~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>~~transportation industry;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>~~(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>~~(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one representative~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>~~from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>~~(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>~~area, appointed by the respective county boards;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>~~(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>~~(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var>~~under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~473.388~~</statute_ref>~~, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var>~~(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>~~(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2019, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.122.0"></a><a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Financial assistance.</b> (a) The council must grant the requested financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var>assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the
         existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The minimum amount of assistance which the council must provide to a system <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>under this section may not be less than the sum of the amounts ~~determined~~ calculated for <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>each ~~municipality comprising the system as follows:~~ of the replacement service <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>municipalities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>(c) The minimum amount of financial assistance for each replacement service <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>municipality is calculated as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) an amount equal to 4.3 percent of the total state revenues generated from the taxes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year; times<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the ratio of (i) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>by the municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services
         levied by <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>the municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>the areawide pool under section 
         <statute_ref>473F.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, clause (a), plus the portion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>municipality's aid under Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 
         <statute_ref>273.1398, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>attributable to the transit levy; ~~times (2) the ratio of (i) an amount equal to 3.74 percent of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>~~the state revenues generated from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>~~fiscal year~~ to (ii) the total transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by all replacement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>service municipalities under this section for taxes payable in 2001, including that
         portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>of the levy derived from the areawide pool under section 
         <statute_ref>473F.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>(a), plus the portion of homestead and agricultural credit aid under Minnesota Statutes
         2002, <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>273.1398, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, attributable to nondebt transit levies; times<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable
         in 2006 <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>divided by the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in 2001,
         to (ii) <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>the total taxable market value of all property located in replacement service municipalities
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var>for taxes payable in 2006 divided by the total taxable market value of all property
         located <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.32"></a><var>114.32</var>in replacement service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.33"></a><var>114.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The council ~~shall~~ must pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.34"></a><var>114.34</var>the council receives in the metropolitan area transit account under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.123.0"></a><a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Limitation on certain debt obligations.</b> The council is prohibited from issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var>certificates of participation, certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations
         secured <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>in whole or in part by a pledge of motor vehicle sales tax revenue received under
         sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>16A.88 and 297B.09, or by a pledge of any earnings from the council's investment of
         motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>vehicle sales tax revenues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.124.0"></a><a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.3994, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 16. <b>Project development requirements; alternatives and benefits analysis.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>As part of light rail transit project development and prior to initiating an environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>analysis or preliminary engineering, the responsible authority must perform an alternatives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>and benefits analysis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>(b) In addition to any other information or requirements, the alternatives and benefits
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var>analysis must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>(1) include (i) a no-build option; and (ii) options for each major transit mode, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>but not limited to regular route bus service, arterial bus rapid transit, highway
         bus rapid <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>transit, express bus service, and dedicated busway;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>(2) evaluate capacity adequacy and congestion impacts under each option;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>(3) include a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>(4) review conformity with the transportation policy plan under section 473.146.<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>Scott, and Washington, for projects that have yet to formally enter the engineering
         phase <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>of the Federal Transit Administration's "New Starts" capital investment project program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.125.0"></a><a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Operating costs.</b> (a) After operating revenue and federal money have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>used ~~to pay for light rail transit operations~~, 50 percent of the remaining operating costs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>a light rail transit line must be paid by the state if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>(1) the light rail transit line is in revenue operations as of the effective date
         of this section; <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var>or<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var>(2) a law is enacted on or after the effective date of this section making an appropriation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var>that (i) is from state sources, (ii) specifies the light rail transit project, and
         (iii) is for a portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var>of project capital costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var>(b) For a light rail transit line that does not meet the requirements in paragraph
         (a), all <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>operating and ongoing capital maintenance costs must be paid from nonstate sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a light rail transit extension that adds additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</var>stops is a separate project or light rail transit line.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.14"></a><var>116.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.126.0"></a><a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.857, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Within 60 days; report.</b> A hearing shall be conducted within 60 days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var>request, provided that the advisory committee or the administrative law judge shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var>consolidate hearings on related requests. The 60-day period within which the hearing
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var>be conducted may be extended or suspended by mutual agreement of the council and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var>local governmental unit. The hearing shall not consider the need for ~~or reasonableness of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var>the metropolitan system plans or parts thereof. The hearing shall afford all interested
         persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var>an opportunity to testify and present evidence. The advisory committee or administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var>law judge may employ the appropriate technical and professional services of the office
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var>dispute resolution for the purpose of evaluating disputes of fact. The proceedings
         shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var>be deemed a contested case. Within 30 days after the hearing, the advisory committee
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var>the administrative law judge shall report to the council respecting the proposed amendments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var>to the system statements. The report shall contain findings of fact, conclusions,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.30"></a><var>116.30</var>recommendations and shall apportion the costs of the proceedings among the parties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.31"></a><var>116.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2019, and applies in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.32"></a><var>116.32</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.127.0"></a><a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 127. <b>MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS SALES TAXES ESTIMATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var>(a) By January 15, 2019, the commissioner of revenue must submit a report on state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var>general sales taxes attributable to motor vehicle repair and replacement parts to
         the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var>and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
         taxes <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>and transportation policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>(b) The report must provide an estimate, based on federal data and department <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var>consumption models, of the percentage of total sales tax revenues collected in a calendar
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var>year from the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.62, subdivision
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</var>that is attributable to sales and purchases of motor vehicle repair and replacement
         parts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>(c) For purposes of this section, "motor vehicle repair and replacement parts" has
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.128.0"></a><a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 128. <b>TRANSPORTATION PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Adoption of policy.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation, after <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>consultation with the Federal Highway Administration, metropolitan planning organizations,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>regional development commissions, area transportation partnerships, local governments,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>the Metropolitan Council, and transportation stakeholders, must develop, adopt, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>implement a policy for project evaluation and selection to apply to the project selection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>process and to special program selection processes, such as corridors of commerce.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>commissioner must adopt and implement the policy no later than January 1, 2018, and
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>update the policy as appropriate. The commissioner must publish the policy and updates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>on the department's Web site and through other effective means selected by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>(b) For each selection process, the policy adopted under this section must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>(1) establish a process that identifies criteria, the weight of each criterion, and
         a process <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>to score each project based on the weighted criteria; the scoring system may consider
         project <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>readiness as a criterion for evaluation, but project readiness must not be a major
         factor in <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>determining the final score;<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>(2) identify and apply all relevant criteria contained in enacted Minnesota or federal
         law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>or added by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var>(3) identify for stakeholders and the general public the candidate project selected
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>each selection process and every project considered that was not selected;<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>(4) involve area transportation partnerships and other local authorities, as appropriate,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.32"></a><var>117.32</var>in the process of scoring and ranking candidate projects under consideration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>(5) publicize scoring and decision outcomes concerning each candidate project, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>the projects that were considered but not selected, and the reason each project was
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>selected; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>(6) require that the projects in the state transportation improvement program include
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>score assigned to the project.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>(c) At a minimum, the policy adopted under this subdivision must conform with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>criteria for the corridors of commerce program under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var>and the transportation economic development program under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var>174.12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Report to legislature.</b> By March 1, 2018, the commissioner must submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>report to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the legislative committees
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the adopted policy
         and how <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>the policy is anticipated to improve the consistency, objectivity, and transparency
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>selection process. The report must include information on input from members of the
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>and the organizations identified in subdivision 1. The report must also include proposed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var>legislation to codify the policy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.129.0"></a><a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 129. <b>CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>Notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088, subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>3 to 5, the commissioner of transportation must include that segment of marked U.S.
         Highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>212 from Chaska to Montevideo as an eligible highway in the next project solicitation
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>selection process undertaken for the corridors of commerce program under that section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.130.0"></a><a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 130. <b>CITY OF EXCELSIOR; ELIGIBILITY FOR REPLACEMENT SERVICE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>(a), the Metropolitan Council must grant financial assistance to the city of Excelsior
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>replacement service. Financial assistance must be provided to the city of Excelsior
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, subdivision 4, paragraphs (b)
         and (c). <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>The city of Excelsior is eligible to receive other assistance as provided in Minnesota
         Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.29"></a><var>118.29</var>section 473.388, subdivision 5, and may levy a local tax as provided in Minnesota
         Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.30"></a><var>118.30</var>section 473.388, subdivision 7.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.131.0"></a><a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 131. <b>DRIVER'S LICENSE AGENT IN NEW BRIGHTON.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>(a) The commissioner of public safety must revise the appointment of the city of New
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>Brighton as a driver's license agent to provide authority to operate as a full-service
         driver <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var>licensing office located in New Brighton city hall. This paragraph applies notwithstanding:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>(1) Minnesota Statutes, section 171.061, subdivision 2; (2) requirements under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>Rules, part 7404.0300, subpart 3; and (3) procedures for county board appointment
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>driver's license agent, including under Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0350. All other
         provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>regarding the appointment and operation of a driver's license agent under Minnesota
         Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>section 171.061, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>(b) The commissioner must make the appointment under this section within two weeks
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>of receipt of an appointment application pursuant to the commissioner's procedures
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>Minnesota Rules.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.132.0"></a><a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 132. <b>ELECTRONIC STORAGE STANDARDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>On or before August 1, 2017, the commissioner of public safety must establish standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>for the conversion by deputy registrars and driver's license agents to secure electronic
         storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>of certain records under Minnesota Statutes, sections 168.33, subdivision 2, and 171.061,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>subdivision 3. The standards must specify minimum system security requirements, as
         well <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var>as any procedural requirements for the destruction of existing and new paper-based
         records, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 138.17. The authority
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>establish or amend standards under this section expires August 1, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.133.0"></a><a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 133. <b>RULE CHANGE ON SCHOOL BUS OPERATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>The commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7470.1000, subpart
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>2, so that it is consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 169.443, subdivision
         2, using the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var>good cause procedure under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.134.0"></a><a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 134. <b>CONVEYANCE FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES; MCKINSTRY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var><b>SURPLUS LANDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may convey as
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 161.44, land described in paragraph (b), including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>any improvements on the lands, owned in fee by the state for trunk highway purposes,
         but <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>no longer needed, to the Minnesota Historical Society for historical purposes. The
         conveyance <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>must be without financial consideration. The lands conveyed must become a part of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>state's historic sites program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>(b) The lands that may be conveyed are specifically related to the properties of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>McKinstry Mounds and portions of the McKinstry Village site owned by the Department
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>of Transportation, located along Trunk Highway 11 in Koochiching County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.135.0"></a><a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 135. <b>DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LOAN CONVERSION.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var>The commissioner of transportation must (1) convert the remaining balance on Contract
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var>No. 82799, originally executed with the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority on
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var>January 28, 2002, to a grant, and (2) cancel all future payments under the contract.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var>commissioner is prohibited from requiring or accepting additional payments under Contract
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var>No. 82799 as of the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding the loan conversion
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var>payment cancellation under this section, all other terms and conditions under Contract
         No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var>82799 remain effective for the duration of the period specified in the contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.136.0"></a><a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 136. <b>MARKED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 WEIGH STATION; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var><b>MORATORIUM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var>On or before February 1, 2018, the commissioner of transportation is prohibited from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var>designing, engineering, or constructing a motor vehicle weigh station for the southbound
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var>direction of travel on marked Interstate Highway 35, between the marked Interstate
         Highways <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>35W/35E split and two miles northerly of the split.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.137.0"></a><a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 137. <b>HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND COST INFLATION STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Highway construction cost study; requirements.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>of transportation must enter into an agreement with an organization or entity having
         relevant <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>expertise to conduct a study on highway construction costs, inflation, and cost estimating.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>The study must be designed to identify and analyze the nature of discrepancies in
         highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>construction costs and cost inflation estimates between Minnesota and other federal
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>national measures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>(b) At a minimum, the study must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>(1) include an overview of highway construction cost and cost estimation issues;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>(2) establish benchmarks to compare costs in Minnesota to at least four other states
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>are comparable based on climate and construction characteristics, including historical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>state-by-state review of at least the following cost factors: (i) direct input costs
         associated <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>with highway construction, (ii) cost impacts from construction standards and requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>established in law, and (iii) cost impacts from use of alternative methods of contracting
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>project management;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>(3) identify factors specific to Minnesota, if any, that contribute to cost differences,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>based on the benchmarks established in clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>(4) evaluate the methodology used for highway construction cost calculation and indexing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var>in Minnesota, including (i) review of associated best practices, (ii) comparison of
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>and Minnesota state highway construction cost index methodologies utilizing historical
         cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>data for Minnesota, (iii) identification of the reasons for any past discrepancies
         or differences <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>between state and federal highway construction cost indexing, and (iv) analysis of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>historical accuracy of the Minnesota highway construction cost index compared to actual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>costs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>(5) provide specific recommendations for road authorities and legislative changes
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>reduce highway construction costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>(c) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner must submit a report on the study to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>over transportation policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Project cost comparison report.</b> By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>transportation must report to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the
         senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var>and house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>policy and finance comparing the estimated cost of projects and the actual cost of
         projects. <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>The report must include all projects completed in whole or in part by MnDOT from July
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>2012, to July 1, 2017. For each project, the report must list the estimated cost of
         the project <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>prior to starting the project and the total actual cost for the project after completion.
         For <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>each project, if the actual cost was less than the estimated cost, the report must
         explain how <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>the excess funds were expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.138.0"></a><a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 138. <b>VIBRATION SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDY ON CALHOUN ISLES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var><b>PROPERTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>(a) Within 21 days from the effective date of this act, the Metropolitan Council must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.33"></a><var>121.33</var>enter into a contract with an engineering group for the engineering group to conduct
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>vibration susceptibility study on Calhoun Isles property, including the high-rise
         building, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>townhomes, and parking ramp. The study must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>(1) evaluate the susceptibility of the Calhoun Isles property to vibration during
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>construction and during operations of a light rail train;<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var>(2) categorize the Calhoun Isles property based on the susceptibility evaluation;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>(3) address mitigation measures and operational changes required to protect the Calhoun
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>Isles property from vibratory damage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The Calhoun Isles Condominium Association must select the engineering group and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>notify the Metropolitan Council of the selection within seven days from the effective
         date <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>of this act. The Metropolitan Council must bear the entire cost of the study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.139.0"></a><a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 139. <b>REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>By February 15, 2018, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var>consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, must jointly submit a
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var>to the members and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>finance. The report must update the information required in the report under Laws
         2015, <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>chapter 75, article 2, section 56, including a detailed list of expenditures and transfers
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for fiscal years 2014
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</var>2018, and information on the purpose of each expenditure.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.140.0"></a><a id="pl.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 140. <b>ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var>(a) By October 1, 2017, the Advisory Committee on Nonmotorized Transportation under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, must develop and submit recommendations to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>commissioner of transportation regarding the project evaluation and selection processes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.38, subdivision 7.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>(b) The advisory committee is encouraged to consult with representatives from the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota; Minnesota Chamber of Commerce; Metropolitan Council
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee; Minnesota Department of Transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.30"></a><var>122.30</var>district area transportation partnerships; organizations representing elderly populations;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.31"></a><var>122.31</var>public health organizations with experience in active transportation; the Minnesota
         State <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.32"></a><var>122.32</var>Council on Disability and other Minnesota state councils and commissions, including
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, the
         Council <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</var>for Minnesotans of African Heritage, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Office
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var>the Economic Status of Women, and the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var>Council; and other stakeholders with expertise in equitable active transportation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>(c) In its next annual report under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.37, subdivision
         4, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>advisory committee must include a summary of the recommendations under this section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var>and submit a copy of the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
         legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var>committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report is
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.141.0"></a><a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 141. <b>REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON MNPASS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var><b>LANES AND TOLLING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</var>(a) On or before January 2, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var>and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning
         MnPASS <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>lanes and tolling to reduce congestion and raise revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>(b) At a minimum, the report must, with respect to MnPASS lanes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>(1) for each lane, state the capital costs, maintenance and repair costs, and operation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.18"></a><var>123.18</var>costs;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</var>(2) for each lane, indicate the current condition and the projected life expectancy;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>(3) for each lane, list and explain the cost recovery ratio;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>(4) list the amounts of the deposit of revenues made each year since pursuant to Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>Statutes, section 160.93, subdivisions 2 and 2a, including a breakdown of deposits
         for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>lane for each year the lane has been in existence;<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>(5) list the cost to participate in the MnPASS program, broken down by each year a
         lane <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>has been in existence;<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>(6) for each lane, list the total number of users, including a breakdown of the total
         number <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>of each type of user; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.28"></a><var>123.28</var>(7) provide an explanation of how MnPASS lane regulations are enforced.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</var>(c) At a minimum, the report must, with respect to tolling:<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var>(1) summarize current state and federal laws that affect the use of tolling in this
         state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>(2) identify any federal pilot projects for which this state is eligible to participate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.1"></a><var>124.1</var>(3) discuss the feasibility and cost of expanding use of tolling, the possibility
         of private <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.2"></a><var>124.2</var>investment in toll roads, and projected costs and cost recovery in establishing, operating,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.3"></a><var>124.3</var>and maintaining toll roads;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var>(4) review tolling models and technology options;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var>(5) summarize the experience of other states that have widely implemented tolling;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>(6) identify and evaluate the feasibility of toll implementation for specific corridors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var>(7) project the likely range of revenues that could be generated by wider implementation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var>of tolling and identify the percentage of revenues that are projected to be paid by
         nonresidents <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>(8) discuss options for use of tolling revenue and measures to ensure compliance with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>laws governing operation of toll roads and use of revenues;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</var>(9) recommend and discuss possible ways to reduce cost to Minnesotans, such as tax
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.13"></a><var>124.13</var>deductions or credits, or types of discounts; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</var>(10) provide recommendations for needed statutory or rule changes that would facilitate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>wider implementation of tolling and achieve maximum revenues for the state and equity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>for its residents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.17"></a><var>124.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.142.0"></a><a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 142. <b>REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION ON </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var><b>TURNBACKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>(a) By February 15, 2018, the commissioner of transportation must report to the chairs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var>and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees
         having <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning turnbacks. At a minimum,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>the report must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each
         segment <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be
         completed; <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var>the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var>(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be
         accomplished <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.30"></a><var>124.30</var>with the anticipated funds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>(3) a description of the turnback process, including an explanation of how turnback
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var>projects are selected; and<br />
         		 <a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>(4) for each of the past five years:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>(i) the amount of money that accrued to the county turnback account and to the municipal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>turnback account;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>(ii) a description of each segment of highway that was restored and turned back, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration work; to which entity
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all aspects of the turnback;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var>(iii) the amount of surplus funds, if any, that were transferred to the county state-aid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>highway fund or to the municipal state-aid street fund pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>161.084; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>(iv) each payment made to a local government for future restoration after the road
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>turned back, a description of the work to be completed with the funds, and a schedule
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>detailing when the work was completed or will be completed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>(b) By February 15, 2019, and each year thereafter, the commissioner of transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>concerning turnbacks. At a minimum, the report must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>(1) a current list of proposed turnback projects, including a description of each
         segment <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>of highway that is to be turned back; a description of the restoration work to be
         completed; <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var>estimated cost of restoration work; to which entity the highway will be turned back;
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>the total estimated cost related to all aspects of the turnback;<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>(2) the amount that the commissioner of transportation anticipates will be needed
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>turnbacks during the next two fiscal years and a list of the turnbacks that will be
         accomplished <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>with the anticipated funds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>(3) for the past calendar year, a description of each segment of highway that was
         restored <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>and turned back, including what restoration work was completed; total cost of restoration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>work; to which entity the highway was turned back; and the total cost related to all
         aspects <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>of the turnback.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>(c) Paragraph (b) expires after the report is submitted on February 15, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.143.0"></a><a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 143. <b>WORKING GROUP FOR INTERSECTION IN WILKIN COUNTY; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var><b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>(a) By September 1, 2017, the commissioner of transportation must convene a working
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>group to consider potential options for Wilkin County Road 19 between marked Trunk
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>Highway 55 and the railroad tracks north of marked Trunk Highway 55. The working group
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>must consist of the commissioner, or designee, and one representative from each of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var>following: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative; the Wilkin County Board; the town board of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>Champion; and the city council of Nashua. By December 15, 2017, the working group
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>identify project options to address safety concerns of local residents at this location.
         For <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>each identified project, the commissioner must include an estimated cost and the estimated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>date by which the project would be completed. The working group must then identify
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>preferred option. Based on that preferred option, the responsible parties must develop
         funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>strategies and a delivery schedule with the goal that the project be completed by
         December <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>31, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>(b) By January 1, 2018, the commissioner must report to the chairs, ranking minority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>members, and staff of the senate and house of representatives committees or divisions
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report must, at a minimum,
         include: <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>a summary of the meetings held by the working group; the project options identified
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>the commissioner estimates associated with each option; and, if identified, the preferred
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>option and the funding and delivery schedule for that option.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.144.0"></a><a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 144. <b>METRO MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT TASK FORCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Task force established.</b> A Metro Mobility Enhancement Task Force is <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>established to examine options to enhance Metro Mobility program service under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>Statutes, section 473.386. The goal of the task force is to partner with taxi services
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>transportation network companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e), to increase program service levels and efficiency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The task force consists of the following members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>(1) one representative from Metro Mobility, appointed by the Metropolitan Council;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>(2) one elected official from each metropolitan county, as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>section 473.121, subdivision 4, each of whom must be from a district or unit of government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.31"></a><var>126.31</var>that is located within the Metro Mobility service area, appointed by the respective
         county <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.32"></a><var>126.32</var>board in consultation with cities in that county;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>(3) at least one and no more than three individuals representing transportation network
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>companies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 65B.472, subdivision 1, appointed
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>provided under paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var>(4) at least one and no more than three individuals representing taxi service providers,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>appointed as provided in paragraph (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>(5) one representative appointed by the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>established under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.375, subdivision 9a;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>(6) one representative appointed by the Council on Disability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>(7) one individual appointed by the Association of Residential Resources of Minnesota;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>(8) one individual appointed by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var>of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var>(b) An interested transportation network company may appoint no more than one person
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>as a task force member. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>basis by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>(c) An interested taxi service provider may appoint no more than one person as a task
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>force member. Appointment under this paragraph is on a first-come, first-appointed
         basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.18"></a><var>127.18</var>by written notification to the Metropolitan Council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</var>(d) The task force members specified under paragraph (a), clauses (1), (3), and (4),
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>nonvoting members of the task force.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Task force duties.</b> (a) The task force must evaluate the Metro Mobility program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>which must include but is not limited to analysis of customer service, program costs
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>expenditures, service coverage area and hours, reservation and scheduling, and buses
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.24"></a><var>127.24</var>equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</var>(b) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>by using partnerships with transportation network companies. At a minimum, the analysis
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>must consider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.28"></a><var>127.28</var>(1) geographic service areas of transportation network companies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</var>(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of transportation network companies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>with Disabilities Act are necessary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>(5) liability considerations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var>(6) integration of billing systems of transportation network companies with current
         Metro <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var>Mobility fare collection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>(c) The task force must analyze approaches to improve Metro Mobility program service
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>by incorporating the use of taxi service. At a minimum, the analysis must consider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>(1) availability of taxi service throughout the Metro Mobility service area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>(2) demand responsiveness and service levels of taxi services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>(3) the share of trips in which specially equipped vehicles that comply with the Americans
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>with Disabilities Act are necessary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var>(4) technology accessibility for Metro Mobility customers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var>(5) liability considerations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>(6) options for contracting with taxi providers or other methods of billing for taxi
         rides; <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>(7) the potential to use taxi service to provide an enhanced service option where
         riders <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>pay a higher fare than other users of Metro Mobility Services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>(d) The task force must review proposals and models for incorporating transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>network companies and taxi service providers into transit systems in other service
         areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Administration.</b> (a) Each appointing entity under subdivision 2 must make <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var>appointments and notify the Metropolitan Council by August 1, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var>(b) The Metropolitan Council representative appointed to the task force must convene
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>the initial meeting of the task force no later than September 1, 2017. At the initial
         meeting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>the members of the task force must elect a chair or cochairs from among the task force
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>members.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>(c) Upon request of the task force, the council must use existing resources to provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>data, information, meeting space, and administrative services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>(d) Members of the task force serve without compensation or payment of expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var>(e) The task force may accept gifts and grants, which are accepted on behalf of the
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>and constitute donations to the Metropolitan Council. Funds received under this paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>are appropriated to the Metropolitan Council for purposes of the task force.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Legislative report.</b> (a) By February 15, 2018, the task force must submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>(b) At a minimum the report must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>(1) summarize the work of the task force and its findings;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>(2) describe the current Metro Mobility program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>(3) identify at least three potential service level approaches that involve partnering
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>and incorporating transportation network companies, taxi service providers, or both;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>(4) provide any recommendations for program and legislative changes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> The task force under this section expires February 15, 2018, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>upon submission of the report required under subdivision 5, whichever is earlier.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.145.0"></a><a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 145. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 123 REMOVED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 54, is repealed effective the
         day <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>commissioner and the governing body of Le Sueur County to transfer jurisdiction of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>Legislative Route No. 123 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.146.0"></a><a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 146. <b>LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 225 REMOVED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 156, is repealed effective the
         day <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>commissioner and the governing body of Becker County to transfer jurisdiction of Legislative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>Route No. 225 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes under paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>(b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var>Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor electronically
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been satisfied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.147.0"></a><a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 147. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 174.93, as Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>Statutes, section 473.4485. The revisor shall correct any cross-references made necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>by the recodification.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.148.0"></a><a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 148. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 160.262, subdivision 2; 160.265; and 160.266, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>subdivisions 1 and 2, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.115, subdivision 32, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>(c) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 165.15, subdivision 8; and 219.375, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>4, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var>(d) Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.4502, subdivision 5, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>(e) Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.0800, subpart 3; and 8810.1300, subpart 4, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>(f) Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.6000; 8810.6100; 8810.6300; 8810.6400; 8810.6500; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>8810.6600; 8810.6700; 8810.6800; 8810.6900; 8810.7000; 8810.9910; 8810.9911; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var>8810.9912; and 8810.9913, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var>(g) Laws 1994, chapter 628, article 1, section 8, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Paragraph (g) is effective January 1, 2019, and applies in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington."<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>relating to transportation finance; establishing a budget for transportation; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>appropriating money for transportation purposes, including Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>Transportation, Metropolitan Council, and Department of Public Safety activities;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>modifying various provisions governing transportation policy and finance; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>allocating certain sales and use tax revenue; establishing accounts; requiring reports;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>making technical changes; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 15A.0815, subdivision 3; 53C.01, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var>2; 85.016; 116.03, by adding a subdivision; 117.189; 160.02, subdivision 27, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var>adding subdivisions; 160.18, by adding a subdivision; 160.262, subdivisions 1, 3,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>4; 160.266, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, by adding subdivisions; 161.04, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>161.081, subdivision 3; 161.088, subdivisions 4, 5, 7; 161.115, subdivision 190; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>161.14, by adding subdivisions; 161.21, subdivision 1; 161.321, subdivision 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.33"></a><var>130.33</var>161.38, by adding a subdivision; 161.44, subdivisions 5, 6a, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.34"></a><var>130.34</var>subdivision; 168.013, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision; 168.021, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.35"></a><var>130.35</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 2a; 168.27, by adding a subdivision; 168.33, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.36"></a><var>130.36</var>168A.09, subdivision 1; 168A.141; 168A.142; 169.011, subdivision 34, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.37"></a><var>130.37</var>a subdivision; 169.14, by adding a subdivision; 169.18, subdivisions 5, 7; 169.345,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.38"></a><var>130.38</var>subdivisions 1, 3; 169.442, subdivision 5; 169.443, subdivision 2; 169.444, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.39"></a><var>130.39</var>subdivision 2; 169.449, subdivision 1; 169.4501, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.4503, <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>subdivisions 4, 7, 14, 23, 30; 169.64, subdivision 8; 169.80, subdivision 1; 169.829,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>by adding a subdivision; 169.865, subdivision 3; 169.871, subdivision 1; 171.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>subdivision 2b; 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.061, subdivision 3; 171.12, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>6; 173.02, subdivisions 18, 23, by adding subdivisions; 173.06, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>173.07, subdivision 1; 173.08, by adding subdivisions; 173.13, subdivision 11; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>173.16, by adding subdivisions; 174.03, subdivisions 1a, 1c; 174.50, subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>5, 6b, 6c, 7; 174.56, by adding a subdivision; 174.93; 221.031, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var>subdivision; 222.49; 222.50, subdivision 6; 256B.15, subdivision 1a; 297A.815, <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>subdivision 3; 297A.94; 297A.992, by adding a subdivision; 297B.01, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>16; 299D.03, subdivision 6; 398A.10, subdivisions 3, 4; 473.121, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var>473.123; 473.146, subdivisions 3, 4; 473.388, subdivision 4; 473.39, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>subdivision; 473.3994, by adding a subdivision; 473.4051, subdivision 2; 473.857,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>168; 168A; 169; 173; 174; 219; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>160.262, subdivision 2; 160.265; 160.266, subdivisions 1, 2; 161.115, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>32; 165.15, subdivision 8; 169.4502, subdivision 5; 219.375, subdivision 4; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>1994, chapter 628, article 1, section 8; Minnesota Rules, parts 8810.0800, subpart
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>3; 8810.1300, subpart 4; 8810.6000; 8810.6100; 8810.6300; 8810.6400; 8810.6500; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>8810.6600; 8810.6700; 8810.6800; 8810.6900; 8810.7000; 8810.9910; 8810.9911; <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>8810.9912; 8810.9913."<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Paul Torkelson<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Linda Runbeck<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>John Petersburg<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Jon Koznick<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Jeff Howe<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Scott J.  Newman<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>John Jasinski<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Mary Kiffmeyer<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>David J. Osmek<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Dan Sparks<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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