1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing road authority to issue annual permit for 
1.3 	overweight vehicle transporting milk under certain circumstances;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 169.865, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 169.865, is amended by 
1.7 	adding a subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Vehicles hauling milk. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
1.9 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of three, four, or five axles to 
1.10 	haul milk and be operated with a gross vehicle weight of up to:
1.11 	(1) 90,000 pounds; or
1.12 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the winter increase period set by the commissioner under 
1.13 	section 169.826, subdivision 1.
1.14 	(b) A permit may not be issued under this subdivision for the same vehicle or 
1.15 	combination of vehicles more than three times.
1.16 	(c) A permit may be issued under this subdivision only if the applicant attests in 
1.17 	writing to an intent to utilize, within three years of the date of the initial application, only 
1.18 	six-axle or seven-axle vehicles or vehicle combinations to transport milk.
1.19 	(d) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $200.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010.