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MN SF2426

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2012

Primary Sponsor

Al DeKruif

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Origin

Senate

87th Legislature 2011-2012

AI Summary

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes section 169.81, subdivision 3, to allow vehicle combinations transporting "property" or "equipment" to operate on divided highways with four or more lanes and other designated highways.

  • Expands the types of cargo eligible for length exemptions beyond the current list of poles, pulpwood, and utility emergency materials to include general property and equipment transport.

  • Maintains the 75-foot maximum length limit statewide except on specified divided highways where truck-tractor and semitrailer combinations may exceed this limit.

  • Exempts emergency vehicles, construction vehicles, oversize permit holders, and vehicles on the Stillwater lift bridge from the 55-foot length restriction on marked Trunk Highway 36 in Stillwater.

  • Takes effect the day following final enactment.

Legislative Description

Combination vehicles transporting property or equipment authorization

Last Action

HF substituted on General Orders HF2793

3/28/2012

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/13/2012

Full Bill Text

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