HF1072 Summary

• Permits electric-assisted bicycles on trails, bikeways, and roadway shoulders where regular bicycles are allowed, subject to safe use determinations by authorities.

• Establishes Mississippi River Trail bikeway originating at Itasca State Park and paralleling the Mississippi River through major Minnesota cities to the Iowa border.

• Modifies DWI license revocation periods and adds new offense category for drivers with twice the legal alcohol limit with no prior incidents; effective July 1, 2012.

• Authorizes Internet-based driver education components for instruction permit applicants and allows bus operation on freeway/expressway shoulders under specified conditions with different speed limits by engineering study.

• Updates vehicle registration and weight regulations, including provisions for special permits with additional taxes for excessive gross weight, and removes exceptions for certain vehicles from child passenger restraint laws.