1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring commissioner of transportation to develop or 
1.3 	identify a device to give warning of imminent bridge collapse; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STUDY OF BRIDGE COLLAPSE MONITOR AND WARNING 
1.6 	SYSTEM.
 1.7 	The commissioner of transportation shall study available technology and develop 
1.8 	or identify a system to monitor the condition of a bridge so that motorists and other 
1.9 	individuals in the area are instantly warned not to cross a bridge that is in imminent 
1.10 	danger of collapse. The device must activate warning signs, lights, and other signals in 
1.11 	sensitive and programmed reaction to structural or environmental changes in the bridge 
1.12 	that create imminent danger of collapse.

1.13 	Sec. 2. REPORT.
 1.14 	The commissioner shall report findings and conclusions of the study described 
1.15 	in section 1, no later than October 1, 2008, to the chairs of the senate and house of 
1.16 	representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The 
1.17 	report must include:
1.18 	(1) a description of the technologies reviewed;
1.19 	(2) a recommendation of the most feasible, accurate, and effective monitoring system 
1.20 	to identify conditions that create imminent danger of bridge collapse, and to be installed on 
1.21 	all bridges on the trunk highway system and interstate system that exceed 50 feet in length;
1.22 	(3) a recommendation concerning the specifications and placement of warning signs 
1.23 	and signals to be triggered by the monitoring system in the event of imminent danger of 
2.1 	bridge collapse, and to be placed at either end of each monitored bridge and also at a 
2.2 	distance of 250 yards from either end of the bridge, facing vehicular traffic, and clearly 
2.3 	visible to the traveling public;
2.4 	(4) a cost estimate and timeline required to install the monitoring and related sign 
2.5 	system on all bridge structures described in clause (2); and
2.6 	(5) identification of any statutory changes needed to implement this program.

2.7 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.8 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.