Bill Text: MN SF2082 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Transportation department (DOT) advisory groups law modifications

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Comm report: To pass and re-referred to State and Local Government [SF2082 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2082-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state government; modifying laws governing certain Department of
1.3Transportation advisory groups;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4Statutes, chapter 162; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 162.02,
1.5subdivisions 2, 3; 162.09, subdivisions 2, 3; 174.86, subdivision 5.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. [162.152] RULES; ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
1.8    Subdivision 1. Advisory committee membership. The rules referenced in sections
1.9162.02, subdivision 1, and 162.09, subdivision 1, shall be made and promulgated by the
1.10commissioner acting with the advice of a committee selected as follows:
1.11(1) nine members must be selected by the county boards acting through the officers
1.12of the statewide association of county commissioners. The committee members shall be
1.13selected so that each member is from a different state highway construction district. Not
1.14more than five of the nine members shall be county commissioners, and the remaining
1.15members shall be county highway engineers; and
1.16(2) 12 members must be selected by the governing bodies of cities, acting through
1.17the officers of the statewide association of municipal officials. The committee members
1.18shall be selected so that there is one member from each state highway construction district
1.19and one member from each city of the first class. Not more than six of the 12 members
1.20shall be elected officials of the cities, and the remaining members shall be city engineers.
1.21    Subd. 2. Commissioner's determination. If agreement cannot be reached on a
1.22rule, the commissioner's determination on what rule will be proposed for adoption is final.
1.23    Subd. 3. Rules have force of law. The rules have the force and effect of law as
1.24provided in chapter 14.
1.25    Subd. 4. No expiration. The committee created in this section does not expire.

2.1    Sec. 2. REPEALER.
2.2Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 162.02, subdivisions 2 and 3; 162.09, subdivisions
2.32 and 3; and 174.86, subdivision 5, are repealed.
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