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MN HF761
Bill
Status
2/21/2013
Primary Sponsor
Mary Sawatzky
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AI Summary
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Modifies sign franchise program to include "attractions" as an eligible business category alongside gas, food, camping, lodging, and 24-hour pharmacies on interstate and controlled-access trunk highway signs.
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Changes distance requirements for eligible businesses in urban areas from variable distances (one to three miles depending on business type) to a uniform three-mile radius from interchanges, except 24-hour pharmacies remain at three miles.
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Removes requirement for State Register notice and contested case hearing procedures for county state-aid highway and municipal state-aid street variance requests; allows commissioner to grant or deny variances within 30 days of receiving request.
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Updates railroad crossing warning sign requirements to include four types of signs: crossbuck, advance warning, yield, and stop signs; reduces distance requirement for crossbuck signs from 75 feet to 50 feet from nearest rail.
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Modifies medical waiver requirements for intrastate motor carrier drivers to limit waivers to specific medical conditions and require medical examiners be certified by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; removes prior three-year license suspension/revocation disqualification criteria.
Legislative Description
Trunk highway emergency relief account changed; sign franchise program, county and municipal state-aid systems rules and engineering standards variance requirements, cities apportionment formula definition, and public transit participation program modified; railroad crossing warning sign requirements updated; and intrastate motor carrier driver medical waiver requirements conformed.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Policy
2/21/2013