1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for permanent county state-aid highway 
1.3 	fund screening board; clarifying certification requirements for crane operators; 
1.4 	providing for age of driver transporting hazardous materials under federal 
1.5 	materials-of-trade regulation; repealing provision requiring distribution of rules 
1.6 	by mail;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 162.07, subdivision 5; 
1.7 	221.033, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 
1.8 	182.6525, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 360.015, 
1.9 	subdivision 16.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 162.07, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 5.Screening board. (a) On or before September 1 of each year the county 
1.13 	engineer of each county shall forward to the commissioner, on forms prepared by the 
1.14 	commissioner, all information relating to the mileage, in lane-miles, of the county state-aid 
1.15 	highway system in the county, and the money needs of the county that the commissioner 
1.16 	deems necessary in order to apportion the county state-aid highway fund in accordance 
1.17 	with the formula heretofore set forth. Upon receipt of the information the commissioner 
1.18 	shall appoint a board consisting of the following county engineers:
1.19 	(1) two county engineers from the metropolitan highway construction district;
1.20 	(2) one county engineer from each nonmetropolitan highway district; and
1.21 	(3) one additional county engineer from each county with a population of 175,000 
1.22 	or more.
1.23 	No county engineer shall be appointed under clause (1) or (2) so as to serve consecutively 
1.24 	for more than four years. The board shall investigate and review the information submitted 
1.25 	by each county and shall on or before the first day of November of each year submit its 
1.26 	findings and recommendations in writing as to each county's lane-mileage and money 
2.1 	needs to the commissioner on a form prepared by the commissioner. Final determination 
2.2 	of the lane-mileage of each system and the money needs of each county shall be made by 
2.3 	the commissioner.
2.4 	(b) Notwithstanding section  15.059, subdivision 5, the committee expires June 
2.5 	30, 2006 does not expire. 

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 182.6525, subdivision 2, is 
2.7 	amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to:
2.9 	(1) a crane operator trainee or apprentice, if the individual is under the direct 
2.10 	supervision of a crane operator who holds a valid crane operator certificate as required in 
2.11 	subdivision 1;
2.12 	(2) a person directly employed by a class 1 or 2 railroad who is qualified by the 
2.13 	employing railroad as a crane operator or boom truck operator while performing work on 
2.14 	property owned, leased, or controlled by the employing railroad;
2.15 	(3) a person who is employed by a state agency while performing transportation 
2.16 	maintenance or is employed by or performing work for a public utility, rural electric 
2.17 	cooperative, municipality, telephone company, or industrial manufacturing plant;
2.18 	(4) a person who is subject to inspection and regulation under the Mine Safety and 
2.19 	Health Act, United States Code, title 30, sections 801 through 962;
2.20 	(5) a person engaged in boating, fishing, agriculture, or arboriculture;
2.21 	(6) a person who is a member of and performing work for a uniformed service or 
2.22 	who is a member of and performing work for the United States Merchant Marine;
2.23 	(7) a person who is operating a crane for personal use on premises owned or leased 
2.24 	by that person; and
2.25 	(8) a person who is operating a crane in an emergency situation.

2.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

2.27 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 221.033, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.28 	to read:
2.29 		Subd. 2d.Age of driver under federal materials-of-trade regulation. A driver 
2.30 	of a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross 
2.31 	combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of less 
2.32 	than 10,001 pounds and transporting no hazardous material other than materials of trade, 
2.33 	as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 171.8, must be at least 18 
3.1 	years of age. This subdivision does not apply unless the transportation conforms to the 
3.2 	requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 173.6.

3.3 	Sec. 4.  REPEALER.
 3.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 360.015, subdivision 16, is repealed.