Bill Text: MN HF3038 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Connector highway length limit removed, trunk highway contracts one-week bid advertisement period allowed, and state responsibility for bond payments to cities with population decline clarified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-05 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF3038 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3038-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; removing length limit of certain connector highways;
1.3allowing one-week bid advertisement period for certain trunk highway contracts;
1.4clarifying state responsibility for certain bond payments for cities with population
1.5decline to under 5,000;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.261,
1.6subdivisions 1, 2; 161.32, subdivision 4; 162.18, by adding a subdivision.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.261, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.9 Subdivision 1. Agreement to improve segment in other state. When the beginning
1.10or terminal of a trunk highway is the state boundary, and the commissioner of transportation
1.11and the authorities of the adjoining state deem it desirable during the construction or
1.12improvement of such trunk highway to construct or improve a connector highway in the
1.13adjoining state thereby connecting or improving the connection of such trunk highway with
1.14the highway system of the adjoining state, the commissioner may enter into agreements
1.15with the authorities of such adjoining state providing for such connecting highway to be
1.16constructed or improved under and as part of the trunk highway construction contract. Such
1.17connector highway shall connect with the trunk highway at the state boundaryand shall
1.18not exceed one mile in length. The entire cost of constructing or improving the connector
1.19highway, including engineering costs and expenses, planning and designing expenses, and
1.20any other expenses attributable to such connector highway, shall be paid by the adjoining
1.21state, and the manner and time of such payment shall be specified in the agreement.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.261, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.23 Subd. 2. Agreement to improve segment in Minnesota. The commissioner, in
1.24the interest of construction economy, may enter into agreements with the authorities of
2.1an adjoining state providing that the adjoining state construct or improve a segment of a
2.2Minnesota trunk highway route in conjunction with a construction project of the adjoining
2.3state so as to connect or improve the connection of the Minnesota trunk highway route
2.4with the highway system of such adjoining state at their common boundary.Such segment
2.5of the Minnesota trunk highway route to be constructed or improved by the adjoining state
2.6shall not exceed one mile in length. The cost of construction or improvement of such
2.7segment, including costs of planning and design and equitable engineering costs and
2.8expenses attributable to such segment, shall be paid from the trunk highway fund.
2.9 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.10 Subd. 4. Damaged trunk highwaysdamaged by spring breakup. Contracts may
2.11be let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup, the
2.12effects of the freeze-thaw cycle, floods, other sudden natural phenomenon, or man-made
2.13disasters, or to prevent damage from flooding or other natural phenomenon, upon
2.14advertisement for bids for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be
2.15received, and upon the mailing of such advertisements to all contractors who have filed a
2.16written request therefor.
2.17 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.18, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.18to read:
2.19 Subd. 6. State aid ineligibility; payment responsibility. If the population of a city
2.20falls below 5,000 as determined by federal census and the city is no longer eligible for
2.21state aid funds, the state is no longer obligated to make payments on bonds issued under
2.22this section and the city shall assume responsibility for making any outstanding payments.
1.3allowing one-week bid advertisement period for certain trunk highway contracts;
1.4clarifying state responsibility for certain bond payments for cities with population
1.5decline to under 5,000;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.261,
1.6subdivisions 1, 2; 161.32, subdivision 4; 162.18, by adding a subdivision.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.261, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.9 Subdivision 1. Agreement to improve segment in other state. When the beginning
1.10or terminal of a trunk highway is the state boundary, and the commissioner of transportation
1.11and the authorities of the adjoining state deem it desirable during the construction or
1.12improvement of such trunk highway to construct or improve a connector highway in the
1.13adjoining state thereby connecting or improving the connection of such trunk highway with
1.14the highway system of the adjoining state, the commissioner may enter into agreements
1.15with the authorities of such adjoining state providing for such connecting highway to be
1.16constructed or improved under and as part of the trunk highway construction contract. Such
1.17connector highway shall connect with the trunk highway at the state boundary
1.18
1.19highway, including engineering costs and expenses, planning and designing expenses, and
1.20any other expenses attributable to such connector highway, shall be paid by the adjoining
1.21state, and the manner and time of such payment shall be specified in the agreement.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.261, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.23 Subd. 2. Agreement to improve segment in Minnesota. The commissioner, in
1.24the interest of construction economy, may enter into agreements with the authorities of
2.1an adjoining state providing that the adjoining state construct or improve a segment of a
2.2Minnesota trunk highway route in conjunction with a construction project of the adjoining
2.3state so as to connect or improve the connection of the Minnesota trunk highway route
2.4with the highway system of such adjoining state at their common boundary.
2.5
2.6
2.7segment, including costs of planning and design and equitable engineering costs and
2.8expenses attributable to such segment, shall be paid from the trunk highway fund.
2.9 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.10 Subd. 4. Damaged trunk highways
2.11be let for the repair and restoration of trunk highways damaged by spring breakup, the
2.12effects of the freeze-thaw cycle, floods, other sudden natural phenomenon, or man-made
2.13disasters, or to prevent damage from flooding or other natural phenomenon, upon
2.14advertisement for bids for a period of one week prior to the date such bids are to be
2.15received
2.16
2.17 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.18, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.18to read:
2.19 Subd. 6. State aid ineligibility; payment responsibility. If the population of a city
2.20falls below 5,000 as determined by federal census and the city is no longer eligible for
2.21state aid funds, the state is no longer obligated to make payments on bonds issued under
2.22this section and the city shall assume responsibility for making any outstanding payments.
