Bill Text: MN SF772 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Miscellaneous transportation policy and provisions modifications
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-20 - General Orders: Stricken and returned to author [SF772 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF772-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; modifying the sign franchise program; making
1.3changes to the trunk highway emergency relief account; modifying requirements
1.4for variances from rules and engineering standards for the county state-aid
1.5highway and municipal state-aid street systems; amending a definition in the
1.6formula for apportionment to cities; modifying the public transit participation
1.7program; updating railroad crossing warning sign requirements; making
1.8conforming changes to medical waiver requirements for intrastate motor carrier
1.9drivers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 160.80, subdivisions
1.101, 1a, 2; 161.04, subdivision 5; 162.02, subdivision 3a; 162.09, subdivision
1.113a; 162.13, subdivision 2; 174.24, subdivision 5a; 219.17; 219.18; 219.20;
1.12221.0314, subdivisions 2, 3a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24,
1.13subdivision 5; Minnesota Rules, part 8820.3300, subpart 2.
1.14BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.15 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.16 Subdivision 1. Commissioner may establish program. (a) The commissioner of
1.17transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the
1.18right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on
1.19gas, food, camping, lodging, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the
1.20motoring public.
1.21 (b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.23 Subd. 1a. Eligibility criteria for business panels. (a) To be eligible for a business
1.24panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:
1.25 (1) be open for business;
1.26 (2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;
2.1 (3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin,
2.2creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; and
2.3 (4)not impose a cover charge or otherwise require customers to purchase additional
2.4products or services; and
2.5(5) meet the appropriate criteria in paragraphs (b) to (f) (k).
2.6 (b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services includingfuel gas or alternative
2.7fuels and oil; restroom facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least
2.812 hours a day, seven days a week; and public access to a telephone.
2.9 (c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes
2.10of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at
2.11leastten hours a day, seven days a six days per week except holidays as defined in section
2.12645.44, subdivision 5
, and except as provided for seasonal food service businesses;
2.13provide seating capacity for at least 20 people; provide restroom facilities; provide public
2.14access to a telephone; and possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
2.15Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service operation
2.16at least ten hours a day serving at least two meals per day six days per week, seven days a
2.17week, during their months of operation.
2.18 (d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public
2.19access to a telephone, provide restroom facilities, and possess any required state or local
2.20licensing or approval.
2.21 (e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking
2.22accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and
2.23possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
2.24 (f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day,
2.25seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at
2.26all times.
2.27(g) Attractions businesses must have regional significance with the primary purpose
2.28of providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activities to the public; provide
2.29restroom facilities and drinking water; possess any required state or local licensing
2.30approval; and provide adequate bus and vehicle parking accommodations for normal
2.31attendance.
2.32(g) (h) Seasonal businesses must indicate to motorists when they are open for business
2.33byeither putting the full months of operation directly on the business panel or by having a
2.34"closed" plaque applied to the business panel when the business is closed for the season.
2.35(h) (i) The maximum distance that an eligible business in Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
2.36Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County an urban area can be located from the
3.1interchange is: for gas, food, lodging, attraction, and 24-hour pharmacy businesses,one
3.2mile three miles; for food businesses, two miles; for lodging businesses and 24-hour
3.3pharmacies, three miles; and for camping businesses, ten miles.
3.4(i) (j) The maximum distance that an eligible business in any other county a rural
3.5area can be located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction,
3.6except the maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located
3.7from the interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.
3.8(j) Logo sign panels must be erected so that motorists approaching an interchange
3.9view the panels in the following order: 24-hour pharmacy, camping, lodging, food, gas.
3.10(k) If there is insufficient space on a logo sign panel to display all eligible businesses
3.11for a specific type of service, the businesses closest to the interchange have priority over
3.12businesses farther away from the interchange.
3.13(k) If there is available space on a logo sign panel and no application has been
3.14received by the franchise from a fully eligible business, a substantially eligible business
3.15may be allowed the space.
3.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.17 Subd. 2. Franchises. The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant
3.18one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of
3.19interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of
3.20gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee
3.21shall furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide
3.22gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general
3.23public, and lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.
3.24 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.25 Subd. 5. Trunk highway emergency relief account. (a) The trunk highway
3.26emergency relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account is
3.27appropriated to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an emergency,
3.28as defined in section161.32, subdivision 3 , or under section 12A.16, subdivision 1.
3.29(b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief
3.30payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be credited to the
3.31account.Interest accrued on the account must be credited to the account. Notwithstanding
3.32section16A.28 , money in the account is available until spent. If the balance of the account
3.33at the end of a fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000, the amount above $10,000,000
3.34must be canceled to the trunk highway fund.
4.1(c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by
4.2September 1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority
4.3members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over
4.4transportation policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details
4.5of payments made from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account
4.6since the last report.
4.7 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.02, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
4.8 Subd. 3a. Variances from rules and engineering standards. (a) The commissioner
4.9may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed pursuant
4.10to section162.021 or
162.07, subdivision 2 . A political subdivision in which a county
4.11state-aid highway is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the
4.12commissioner for a variance for that highway. The commissioner shall comply with section
4.13174.75, subdivision 5
, in evaluating a variance request related to a complete streets project.
4.14(b)The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and
4.15give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter.
4.16 The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days ofproviding notice of
4.17 receiving the variance request.If a written objection to the request is received within
4.18seven days of providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a
4.19contested case hearing has been held on the request. If no timely objection is received and
4.20 the variance is deniedwithout hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30
4.21days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.
4.22(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of
4.23a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.
4.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.09, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
4.25 Subd. 3a. Variances from rules and engineering standards. (a) The commissioner
4.26may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed
4.27pursuant to section162.13, subdivision 2 . A political subdivision in which a municipal
4.28state-aid street is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the
4.29commissioner for a variance for that street. The commissioner shall comply with section
4.30174.75, subdivision 5
, in evaluating a variance request related to a complete streets project.
4.31(b)The commissioner shall publish notice of the request in the State Register and
4.32give notice to all persons known to the commissioner to have an interest in the matter.
4.33 The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days ofproviding notice of
4.34 receiving the variance request.If a written objection to the request is received within
5.1seven days of providing notice, the variance shall be granted or denied only after a
5.2contested case hearing has been held on the request. If no timely objection is received and
5.3 the variance is deniedwithout hearing, the political subdivision may request, within 30
5.4days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.
5.5(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of
5.6a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.
5.7 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.8 Subd. 2. Money needs defined. For the purpose of this section money needs of each
5.9city having a population of 5,000 or more are defined as the estimated cost of constructing
5.10and maintaining over a period of 25 years the municipal state-aid street system in such
5.11city. Right-of-way costs and drainage shall be included in money needs. Lighting costs
5.12and other costs incidental to construction and maintenance, or a specified portion of such
5.13costs, as set forth in the commissioner's rules, may be included in determining money
5.14needs.When a county locates a county state-aid highway over a portion of a street in any
5.15such city and the remaining portion is designated as a municipal state-aid street only the
5.16construction and maintenance costs of the portion of the street other than the portions taken
5.17over by the county shall be included in the money needs of the city. To avoid variances
5.18in costs due to differences in construction and maintenance policy, construction and
5.19maintenance costs shall be estimated on the basis of the engineering standards developed
5.20cooperatively by the commissioner and the engineers, or a committee thereof, of the cities.
5.21 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
5.22 Subd. 5a. Method of payment,nonoperating assistance. Payments for planning
5.23and engineering design, eligible capital assistance, operating assistance, and other
5.24eligible assistance for public transit services furthering the purposes of section174.21 ,
5.25excluding operating assistance, shall be made in an appropriate manner as determined by
5.26the commissioner.
5.27 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.17, is amended to read:
5.28219.17 UNIFORM WARNING SIGNS.
5.29The commissioner by rule shall require that uniform warning signs be placed at
5.30grade crossings. Theremust be at least three are four distinct types of uniform warning
5.31signs: ahome crossing crossbuck sign, for use in the immediate vicinity of the crossing;
5.32anapproach crossing advance warning sign, to indicate the approach to a grade crossing; a
5.33yield sign with the word "yield" plainly appearing on it; and, when deemed necessary and
6.1instead of a yield sign, a stop sign with the word "stop" plainly appearing on it, to indicate
6.2that persons on the highway approaching the crossing, whether in vehicles or otherwise,
6.3must come to a stop before proceeding over the grade crossing.
6.4 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.18, is amended to read:
6.5219.18 RAILROAD TO ERECT SIGN.
6.6At each grade crossing established after April 23, 1925 and where and when crossing
6.7signs existing as of April 24, 1925 are replaced, the railway company operating the railroad
6.8at that crossing shall erect and maintain one or more uniformhome crossing crossbuck
6.9 signs. The signs must be on each side of the railroad tracks and within75 50 feet from the
6.10nearest rail, or at a distance greater than 50 feet as determined by the commissioner.
6.11 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.20, is amended to read:
6.12219.20 STOP SIGN; YIELD SIGN.
6.13 Subdivision 1. When installation required; procedure. At each grade crossing not
6.14equipped with flashing lights or flashing lights and gates where, because of the dangers
6.15attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection of life and property makes it necessary
6.16for persons approaching the crossing to stop or yield before crossing the railroad tracks,
6.17stop signs or yield signs must be installed. When the government entity responsible for a
6.18road that crosses a railroad track deems it necessary to install stop signs or yield signs
6.19 at that crossing, it shall petition the commissioner to order the installation of the stop
6.20signs or yield signs. The commissioner shall respond to the petition by investigating
6.21the conditions at the crossing to determine whether stop signs or yield signs should be
6.22installed at the crossing. On determining, after an investigation following a petition from
6.23a governmental agency or subdivision or on the commissioner's own motion, that stop
6.24signs or yield signs should be installed at a crossing, the commissioner shall designate
6.25the crossing as a stop crossing or yield crossing and shall notify the railway company
6.26operating the railroad at the crossing of this designation. Within 30 days after notification,
6.27the railway company shall erect the uniform stop crossing signs or yield crossing signs in
6.28accordance with the commissioner's order.
6.29 Subd. 2. Stopping distances. When a stop sign or a yield sign has been erected at
6.30a railroad crossing, the driver of a vehicle approaching a railroad crossing shall stop or
6.31yield within 50 feet, but not less than ten feet, from the nearest track of the crossing and
6.32shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
6.33 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.1 Subd. 2. Qualification of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
7.2391 and appendixes D and E, are incorporated by reference except for sections 391.2;
7.3391.11, paragraph (b)(1); 391.47; 391.49; 391.62; 391.64; 391.67; 391.68; and 391.69. In
7.4addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision
7.5are not incorporated by reference. For medical examinations conducted on and after May
7.621, 2014, the term "medical examiner" as used in this section and in the rules promulgated
7.7under this section means an individual certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
7.8Administration and listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.
7.9 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
7.10 Subd. 3a. Waiver for other medical condition. (a) The commissioner may grant
7.11a waiver to a person who is not physically qualified to drive under Code of Federal
7.12Regulations, title 49, section 391.41,paragraph (b)(3) to (b)(13) paragraph (b)(3), (b)(10),
7.13or (b)(11). A waiver granted under this subdivision applies to intrastate transportation only.
7.14(b) A person who wishes to obtain a waiver under this subdivision must give the
7.15commissioner the following information:
7.16(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number;
7.17(2) the name, address, and telephone number of an employer coapplicant, if any;
7.18(3) a description of the applicant's experience in driving the type of vehicle to be
7.19operated under the waiver;
7.20(4) a description of the type of driving to be done under the waiver;
7.21(5) a description of any modifications to the vehicle the applicant intends to drive
7.22under the waiver that are designed to accommodate the applicant's medical condition or
7.23disability;
7.24(6) whether the applicant has been granted another waiver under this subdivision;
7.25(7) a copy of the applicant's current driver's license;
7.26(8) a copy of a medical examiner's report and medical examiner's certificate showing
7.27that the applicant is medically unqualified to drive unless a waiver is granted;
7.28(9) a statement from the applicant's treating physician that includes:
7.29(i) the extent to which the physician is familiar with the applicant's medical history;
7.30(ii) a description of the applicant's medical condition for which a waiver is necessary;
7.31(iii) assurance that the applicant has the ability and willingness to follow any course
7.32of treatment prescribed by the physician, including the ability to self-monitor or manage
7.33the medical condition; and
7.34(iv) the physician's professional opinion that the applicant's condition will not
7.35adversely affect the applicant's ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely; and
8.1(10) any other information considered necessary by the commissioner including
8.2requiring a physical examination or medical report from a physician who specializes
8.3in a particular field of medical practice.
8.4(c) In granting a waiver under this subdivision, the commissioner may impose
8.5conditions the commissioner considers necessary to ensure that an applicant is able to
8.6operate a motor vehicle safely and that the safety of the general public is protected.
8.7(d) A person who is granted a waiver under this subdivision must:
8.8(1) at intervals specified in the waiver, give the commissioner periodic reports from
8.9the person's treating physician, or a medical specialist if the commissioner so requires in
8.10the waiver, that contain the information described in paragraph (b), clause (9), together
8.11with a description of any episode that involved the person's loss of consciousness or loss
8.12of ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
8.13(2) immediately report the person's involvement in an accident for which a report is
8.14required under section169.09, subdivision 7 .
8.15(e) The commissioner shall deny an application if, during the three years preceding
8.16the application:
8.17(1) the applicant's driver's license has been suspended under section
171.18,
8.18paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9), (11), and (12), canceled under section
171.14, or revoked
8.19under section
171.17,
171.172, or
171.174;
8.20(2) the applicant has been convicted of a violation under section
171.24; or
8.21(3) the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as defined in Code
8.22of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.51, paragraph (b), which is incorporated
8.23by reference.
8.24(f) (e) The commissioner may deny an application or may immediately revoke
8.25a waiver granted under this subdivision. Notice of the commissioner's reasons for
8.26denying an application or for revoking a waiver must be in writing and must be mailed
8.27to the applicant's or waiver holder's last known address by certified mail, return receipt
8.28requested. A person whose application is denied or whose waiver is revoked is entitled to
8.29a hearing under chapter 14.
8.30(g) (f) A waiver granted under this subdivision expires on the date of expiration
8.31shown on the medical examiner's certificate described in paragraph (b), clause (8).
8.32 Sec. 14 REPEALER.
8.33(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5, is repealed.
8.34(b) Minnesota Rules, part 8820.3300, subpart 2, is repealed.
1.3changes to the trunk highway emergency relief account; modifying requirements
1.4for variances from rules and engineering standards for the county state-aid
1.5highway and municipal state-aid street systems; amending a definition in the
1.6formula for apportionment to cities; modifying the public transit participation
1.7program; updating railroad crossing warning sign requirements; making
1.8conforming changes to medical waiver requirements for intrastate motor carrier
1.9drivers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 160.80, subdivisions
1.101, 1a, 2; 161.04, subdivision 5; 162.02, subdivision 3a; 162.09, subdivision
1.113a; 162.13, subdivision 2; 174.24, subdivision 5a; 219.17; 219.18; 219.20;
1.12221.0314, subdivisions 2, 3a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24,
1.13subdivision 5; Minnesota Rules, part 8820.3300, subpart 2.
1.14BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.15 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.16 Subdivision 1. Commissioner may establish program. (a) The commissioner of
1.17transportation may establish a sign franchise program for the purpose of providing on the
1.18right-of-way of interstate and controlled-access trunk highways specific information on
1.19gas, food, camping, lodging, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the benefit of the
1.20motoring public.
1.21 (b) The sign franchise program must include urban interstate highways.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.23 Subd. 1a. Eligibility criteria for business panels. (a) To be eligible for a business
1.24panel on a logo sign panel, a business establishment must:
1.25 (1) be open for business;
1.26 (2) have a sign on site that both identifies the business and is visible to motorists;
2.1 (3) be open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin,
2.2creed, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; and
2.3 (4)
2.4
2.5
2.6 (b) Gas businesses must provide vehicle services including
2.7fuels and oil; restroom facilities and drinking water; continuous, staffed operation at least
2.812 hours a day, seven days a week; and public access to a telephone.
2.9 (c) Food businesses must serve at least two meals a day during normal mealtimes
2.10of breakfast, lunch, and dinner; provide a continuous, staffed food service operation at
2.11least
2.13provide seating capacity for at least 20 people; provide restroom facilities; provide public
2.14access to a telephone; and possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
2.15Seasonal food service businesses must provide a continuous, staffed food service operation
2.16
2.17
2.18 (d) Lodging businesses must include sleeping accommodations, provide public
2.19access to a telephone, provide restroom facilities, and possess any required state or local
2.20licensing or approval.
2.21 (e) Camping businesses must include sites for camping, include parking
2.22accommodations for each campsite, provide sanitary facilities and drinking water, and
2.23possess any required state or local licensing or approval.
2.24 (f) 24-hour pharmacy businesses must be continuously operated 24 hours per day,
2.25seven days per week, and must have a state-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at
2.26all times.
2.27(g) Attractions businesses must have regional significance with the primary purpose
2.28of providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activities to the public; provide
2.29restroom facilities and drinking water; possess any required state or local licensing
2.30approval; and provide adequate bus and vehicle parking accommodations for normal
2.31attendance.
2.32
2.33by
2.34
2.35
2.36
3.1interchange is: for gas, food, lodging, attraction, and 24-hour pharmacy businesses,
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5area can be located from the interchange shall not exceed 15 miles in either direction,
3.6except the maximum distance that an eligible 24-hour pharmacy business can be located
3.7from the interchange shall not exceed three miles in either direction.
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13(k) If there is available space on a logo sign panel and no application has been
3.14received by the franchise from a fully eligible business, a substantially eligible business
3.15may be allowed the space.
3.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 160.80, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.17 Subd. 2. Franchises. The commissioner may, by public negotiation or bid, grant
3.18one or more franchises to qualified persons to erect and maintain, on the right-of-way of
3.19interstate and controlled-access trunk highways, signs informing the motoring public of
3.20gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies. A franchisee
3.21shall furnish, install, maintain, and replace signs for the benefit of advertisers who provide
3.22gas, food, lodging, camping facilities, attractions, and 24-hour pharmacies for the general
3.23public, and lease advertising space on the signs to operators of these facilities.
3.24 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.25 Subd. 5. Trunk highway emergency relief account. (a) The trunk highway
3.26emergency relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account is
3.27appropriated to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an emergency,
3.28as defined in section
3.29(b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief
3.30payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be credited to the
3.31account.
3.32section
3.33at the end of a fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000, the amount above $10,000,000
3.34must be canceled to the trunk highway fund.
4.1(c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by
4.2September 1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority
4.3members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over
4.4transportation policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details
4.5of payments made from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account
4.6since the last report.
4.7 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.02, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
4.8 Subd. 3a. Variances from rules and engineering standards. (a) The commissioner
4.9may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed pursuant
4.10to section
4.11state-aid highway is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the
4.12commissioner for a variance for that highway. The commissioner shall comply with section
4.14(b)
4.15
4.16 The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of
4.17 receiving the variance request.
4.18
4.19
4.20 the variance is denied
4.21days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.
4.22(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of
4.23a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.
4.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.09, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
4.25 Subd. 3a. Variances from rules and engineering standards. (a) The commissioner
4.26may grant variances from the rules and from the engineering standards developed
4.27pursuant to section
4.28state-aid street is located or is proposed to be located may submit a written request to the
4.29commissioner for a variance for that street. The commissioner shall comply with section
4.31(b)
4.32
4.33 The commissioner may grant or deny the variance within 30 days of
4.34 receiving the variance request.
5.1
5.2
5.3 the variance is denied
5.4days of receiving notice of denial, and shall be granted a contested case hearing.
5.5(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision" includes (1) an agency of
5.6a political subdivision which has jurisdiction over parks, and (2) a regional park authority.
5.7 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.8 Subd. 2. Money needs defined. For the purpose of this section money needs of each
5.9city having a population of 5,000 or more are defined as the estimated cost of constructing
5.10and maintaining over a period of 25 years the municipal state-aid street system in such
5.11city. Right-of-way costs and drainage shall be included in money needs. Lighting costs
5.12and other costs incidental to construction and maintenance, or a specified portion of such
5.13costs, as set forth in the commissioner's rules, may be included in determining money
5.14needs.
5.15
5.16
5.17
5.18in costs due to differences in construction and maintenance policy, construction and
5.19maintenance costs shall be estimated on the basis of the engineering standards developed
5.20cooperatively by the commissioner and the engineers, or a committee thereof, of the cities.
5.21 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
5.22 Subd. 5a. Method of payment,
5.23and engineering design, eligible capital assistance, operating assistance, and other
5.24eligible assistance for public transit services furthering the purposes of section
5.25
5.26the commissioner.
5.27 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.17, is amended to read:
5.28219.17 UNIFORM WARNING SIGNS.
5.29The commissioner by rule shall require that uniform warning signs be placed at
5.30grade crossings. There
5.31signs: a
5.32an
5.33yield sign with the word "yield" plainly appearing on it; and, when deemed necessary and
6.1instead of a yield sign, a stop sign with the word "stop" plainly appearing on it, to indicate
6.2that persons on the highway approaching the crossing, whether in vehicles or otherwise,
6.3must come to a stop before proceeding over the grade crossing.
6.4 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.18, is amended to read:
6.5219.18 RAILROAD TO ERECT SIGN.
6.6At each grade crossing established after April 23, 1925 and where and when crossing
6.7signs existing as of April 24, 1925 are replaced, the railway company operating the railroad
6.8at that crossing shall erect and maintain one or more uniform
6.9 signs. The signs must be on each side of the railroad tracks and within
6.10nearest rail, or at a distance greater than 50 feet as determined by the commissioner.
6.11 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.20, is amended to read:
6.12219.20 STOP SIGN; YIELD SIGN.
6.13 Subdivision 1. When installation required; procedure. At each grade crossing not
6.14equipped with flashing lights or flashing lights and gates where, because of the dangers
6.15attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection of life and property makes it necessary
6.16for persons approaching the crossing to stop or yield before crossing the railroad tracks,
6.17stop signs or yield signs must be installed. When the government entity responsible for a
6.18road that crosses a railroad track deems it necessary to install stop signs or yield signs
6.19 at that crossing, it shall petition the commissioner to order the installation of the stop
6.20signs or yield signs. The commissioner shall respond to the petition by investigating
6.21the conditions at the crossing to determine whether stop signs or yield signs should be
6.22installed at the crossing. On determining, after an investigation following a petition from
6.23a governmental agency or subdivision or on the commissioner's own motion, that stop
6.24signs or yield signs should be installed at a crossing, the commissioner shall designate
6.25the crossing as a stop crossing or yield crossing and shall notify the railway company
6.26operating the railroad at the crossing of this designation. Within 30 days after notification,
6.27the railway company shall erect the uniform stop crossing signs or yield crossing signs in
6.28accordance with the commissioner's order.
6.29 Subd. 2. Stopping distances. When a stop sign or a yield sign has been erected at
6.30a railroad crossing, the driver of a vehicle approaching a railroad crossing shall stop or
6.31yield within 50 feet, but not less than ten feet, from the nearest track of the crossing and
6.32shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
6.33 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.1 Subd. 2. Qualification of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
7.2391 and appendixes D and E, are incorporated by reference except for sections 391.2;
7.3391.11, paragraph (b)(1); 391.47; 391.49; 391.62; 391.64; 391.67; 391.68; and 391.69. In
7.4addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision
7.5are not incorporated by reference. For medical examinations conducted on and after May
7.621, 2014, the term "medical examiner" as used in this section and in the rules promulgated
7.7under this section means an individual certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
7.8Administration and listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.
7.9 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 221.0314, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
7.10 Subd. 3a. Waiver for other medical condition. (a) The commissioner may grant
7.11a waiver to a person who is not physically qualified to drive under Code of Federal
7.12Regulations, title 49, section 391.41,
7.13or (b)(11). A waiver granted under this subdivision applies to intrastate transportation only.
7.14(b) A person who wishes to obtain a waiver under this subdivision must give the
7.15commissioner the following information:
7.16(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number;
7.17(2) the name, address, and telephone number of an employer coapplicant, if any;
7.18(3) a description of the applicant's experience in driving the type of vehicle to be
7.19operated under the waiver;
7.20(4) a description of the type of driving to be done under the waiver;
7.21(5) a description of any modifications to the vehicle the applicant intends to drive
7.22under the waiver that are designed to accommodate the applicant's medical condition or
7.23disability;
7.24(6) whether the applicant has been granted another waiver under this subdivision;
7.25(7) a copy of the applicant's current driver's license;
7.26(8) a copy of a medical examiner's report and medical examiner's certificate showing
7.27that the applicant is medically unqualified to drive unless a waiver is granted;
7.28(9) a statement from the applicant's treating physician that includes:
7.29(i) the extent to which the physician is familiar with the applicant's medical history;
7.30(ii) a description of the applicant's medical condition for which a waiver is necessary;
7.31(iii) assurance that the applicant has the ability and willingness to follow any course
7.32of treatment prescribed by the physician, including the ability to self-monitor or manage
7.33the medical condition; and
7.34(iv) the physician's professional opinion that the applicant's condition will not
7.35adversely affect the applicant's ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely; and
8.1(10) any other information considered necessary by the commissioner including
8.2requiring a physical examination or medical report from a physician who specializes
8.3in a particular field of medical practice.
8.4(c) In granting a waiver under this subdivision, the commissioner may impose
8.5conditions the commissioner considers necessary to ensure that an applicant is able to
8.6operate a motor vehicle safely and that the safety of the general public is protected.
8.7(d) A person who is granted a waiver under this subdivision must:
8.8(1) at intervals specified in the waiver, give the commissioner periodic reports from
8.9the person's treating physician, or a medical specialist if the commissioner so requires in
8.10the waiver, that contain the information described in paragraph (b), clause (9), together
8.11with a description of any episode that involved the person's loss of consciousness or loss
8.12of ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
8.13(2) immediately report the person's involvement in an accident for which a report is
8.14required under section
8.15
8.16
8.17
8.18
8.19
8.20
8.21
8.22
8.23
8.24
8.25a waiver granted under this subdivision. Notice of the commissioner's reasons for
8.26denying an application or for revoking a waiver must be in writing and must be mailed
8.27to the applicant's or waiver holder's last known address by certified mail, return receipt
8.28requested. A person whose application is denied or whose waiver is revoked is entitled to
8.29a hearing under chapter 14.
8.30
8.31shown on the medical examiner's certificate described in paragraph (b), clause (8).
8.32 Sec. 14 REPEALER.
8.33(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.24, subdivision 5, is repealed.
8.34(b) Minnesota Rules, part 8820.3300, subpart 2, is repealed.
