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MN Stat § 161.085 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.085 — Appropriation From Turnback Accounts.

161.085 APPROPRIATION FROM TURNBACK ACCOUNTS. Moneys in the county turnback account and the municipal turnback account are hereby appropriated annually to the commissioner of transportation for the purposes of carrying out the terms of sections 161.081 to 161.084. History:  1965 c 672 s 5; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 161.089 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.089 — Report On Dedicated Fund Expenditures.

161.089 REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES. By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, must jointly submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures and transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for the previous two fiscal years and must include information on the purpose of each expenditure. The report must include a separate section that lists detailed expenditures and transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for cybersecurity. History:  1Sp2019 c 3 art 3 s 6; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 13
MN Stat § 161.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.09 — Department Orders, Files, And Records.

 161.09 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.09 DEPARTMENT ORDERS, FILES, AND RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Custodian. The official acts and determinations of the commissioner shall be denominated orders. The commissioner shall be the custodian of and shall preserve such orders and the records and files of the Transportation Department and its predecessor departments. Subject to reasonable rules, the orders, records, and files shall be open to public inspection. Subd. 2. Copies as evidence. Copies of the orders, records, and files, certified by the commissioner as true copies, shall be received in evidence in any court in this state with the same force and effect as the originals. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 9; 1978 c 674 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 161.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.095 — Travel Expense For Job Applicants.

161.095 TRAVEL EXPENSE FOR JOB APPLICANTS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state of Minnesota, Department of Transportation, may pay the necessary moving and travel expenses including the necessary travel expenses to and from interviews arranged by the Department of Transportation, incurred by job applicants for technical positions recruited by the Department of Transportation. History:  1959 c 379 s 1,2; 1976 c 166 s 7
MN Stat § 161.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.10 — Investigations, Recommendations, Reports.

 161.10 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.10 INVESTIGATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, REPORTS. When practicable the commissioner shall investigate and determine the location of road material in the state, ascertain the most approved methods of construction and improvement of roads, investigate the most approved laws in relation to roads in other states and hold public meetings throughout the state when deemed advisable. On or before November 15 on each even-numbered year the commissioner shall make a printed report to the governor stating the condition, management, and financial transactions of the Transportation Department, including a statement of the expense incurred in maintaining such department; the number of miles of roads built or improved during the preceding two fiscal years and their cost; the general character and location of material suitable for road construction; the general character and needs of the roads of the state; the name, location, size, and description of each state trail, state water access site, and state rest area established by the commissioner since the last report; and recommend such legislation as the commissioner deems advisable. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 10; 1969 c 540 s 8; 1975 c 353 s 40; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 23
MN Stat § 161.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.11 — Compensation Insurance.

 161.11 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.11 COMPENSATION INSURANCE. Subdivision 1. Commissioner may purchase. The commissioner may procure on the open market a policy of insurance covering the payment of benefits accruing under the Workers' Compensation Act to employees of the Department of Transportation engaged in work on highways other than trunk highways pursuant to any agreements made for such work by the commissioner with any political subdivision or agency of the state. Subd. 2. Payment of premium and reimbursement. The commissioner may pay the premiums for any said policy of insurance out of the trunk highway fund. The political subdivision or agency of the state for whom work is performed by employees of the Department of Transportation pursuant to any agreement therefor made with the commissioner shall pay to the trunk highway fund that portion of the premium for said policy of insurance directly attributable to the work performed for it. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 11; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 166 s 7
MN Stat § 161.117 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.117 — Trunk Highways; Additional Routes.

161.117 TRUNK HIGHWAYS; ADDITIONAL ROUTES. Subdivision 1. New routes added. There may be added by order of the commissioner of transportation to the trunk highway system new routes described as follows: Subd. 2. Route No. 380. Beginning at a point on Route No. 390 at its intersection with Shepard Road in the city of St. Paul; thence extending in a northeasterly direction generally following along the course of Shepard Road to a point on Route No. 112; thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 392 easterly of the downtown area of St. Paul; providing a connector route between Route No. 390 and Route Nos. 112 and 392; Subd. 3. Route No. 382. Beginning at a point on Route No. 390 at its junction with Route No. 111, thence extending in a general northerly direction, within the corridor of the right-of-way already acquired on May 31, 1975, for Route No. 390, to a point on Short Line Road; thence extending in a northeasterly direction within said corridor of right-of-way to the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and Kellogg Boulevard in the city of St. Paul. Subd. 4. Route No. 383. Beginning at a point on Route No. 393 in the city of Bloomington and continuing in a northerly direction above the present alignment of Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 18 to its intersection with Route No. 3 in or near the city of Brooklyn Park. Subd. 5. Route No. 384. Beginning at a point on Route No. 393 in the city of Eden Prairie and continuing in an easterly direction along the present alignment of Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 62 to its intersection with Route No. 116. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24] History:  1975 c 203 s 19; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 740 s 1; 1986 c 452 s 29
MN Stat § 161.122 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.122 — Restrictions On Marked Trunk Highway 51.

161.122 RESTRICTIONS ON MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 51. The location, designation, marking and numbering of Legislative Route No. 125, marked Trunk Highway 51, as that route is established, located, designated, marked, and traveled southerly of University Avenue within the city of St. Paul, shall not be changed by the commissioner of transportation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the study of options under consideration regarding the completion of Interstate 35E. History:   1981 c 345 s 1
MN Stat § 161.1245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.1245 — Highway Construction; Authorizations And Restrictions.

161.1245 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; AUTHORIZATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. Subdivision 1. Routes No. 382 and No. 392. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to construct a four-lane parkway with limited access along the right-of-way of Route No. 382 in the city of St. Paul. The commissioner shall not construct any highway on Route No. 382 or connection to Route No. 392 other than that described in this subdivision. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1982 c 628 s 3] Subd. 3. Route No. 3. The commissioner of transportation shall not authorize the construction of any traffic lanes on Trunk Highway marked 3 from Trunk Highway marked 110 in Dakota County to East Seventh Street in the city of St. Paul in addition to those in existence on January 1, 1978. Subd. 4. Route No. 396. Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall extend, without undue delay, the interstate route commonly known as I-35 by construction of Route No. 396 described in section 161.12 in accordance with federal regulations for receiving federal aid made available by the United States to the state of Minnesota for highway purposes. History:  1978 c 740 s 4; 1982 c 628 s 2; 1984 c 477 s 2; 2001 c 191 s 2
MN Stat § 161.125 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.125 — Sound Abatement Along Highways.

161.125 SOUND ABATEMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS. Subdivision 1. Implementation. The commissioner of transportation shall implement noise abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and expressways in incorporated areas contingent on the availability of funding, in accordance with section 116.07, subdivision 2a. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49] Subd. 3. Sound-abatement measures. (a) For the purpose of this section, sound-abatement measures include but are not limited to the following: (1) traffic-management measures, including reduced speed limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles; (2) design and construction measures, including use of sound-absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of buildings on abutting property; (3) enforcement of the motor vehicle source noise limits of the Pollution Control Agency and of the federal Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety; and (4) other measures designed for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle source noise or reducing the effects of that noise. (b) The commissioner of public safety shall cooperate with the commissioner of transportation in implementing any sound-abatement measures that include law enforcement activities. History:  1975 c 203 s 20; 1976 c 164 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1977 c 454 s 13,14; 1978 c 791 s 18; 1981 c 357 s 49; 1983 c 326 s 1; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 16; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 24
MN Stat § 161.139 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.139 — Highway Designation Costs.

161.139 HIGHWAY DESIGNATION COSTS. The commissioner shall not adopt a design or erect a sign to mark or memorialize a highway or bridge, pursuant to designation by the legislature, unless the commissioner is assured of the availability of funds from nonstate sources sufficient to pay all costs related to designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs. The commissioner may remove a sign that marks or memorializes a highway or bridge as designated by the legislature if: (1) the sign requires maintenance, repair, or replacement; (2) the commissioner has made a reasonable effort to obtain funds for maintenance, repair, or replacement from nonstate sources; and (3) the funds obtained under clause (2) are insufficient to pay all related costs. History:  1996 c 455 art 3 s 5; 2009 c 23 s 1
MN Stat § 161.141 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.141 — Northwest Angle, Connecting Highway; Federal Approval.

161.141 NORTHWEST ANGLE, CONNECTING HIGHWAY; FEDERAL APPROVAL. Subdivision 1. Agreement. The commissioner of transportation may enter into an agreement with the authorized authorities of the province of Manitoba, Canada providing for an equitable division of costs and responsibilities to be borne by the state of Minnesota and the province of Manitoba for the establishment, location, construction, maintenance, and operation of a highway through the province of Manitoba, thereby connecting the Northwest Angle with other parts of the state of Minnesota. Subd. 2. Required condition. The agreement shall contain an express provision that it shall not be binding on the state of Minnesota until approved by the Congress of the United States. The agreement shall contain the further express provision that the agreement shall not be binding on the state of Minnesota unless the Congress of the United States appropriates to the state of Minnesota a sum of money sufficient to pay Minnesota's share of the cost of the highway. Subd. 3. Implementation. Upon approval of Congress and the appropriation of money by Congress as provided in subdivision 2, the commissioner may proceed to carry out the terms of the agreement provided for in subdivision 1. History:  1959 c 132 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7
MN Stat § 161.148 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.148 — Great River Road, Location Of Route.

161.148 GREAT RIVER ROAD, LOCATION OF ROUTE. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's responsibility. The commissioner of transportation shall designate, establish and locate the Great River Road described in and authorized by section 161.142, with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and, when the location is not on the trunk highway system, with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road. Subd. 2. Alternate routes. The commissioner of transportation may designate, establish, locate and mark alternate routes of the Great River Road with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission upon highways of the trunk highway system and when not located upon the trunk highway system with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road. Subd. 3. Expenditures limitation. Funds shall not be expended on any alternate route or routes provided for by subdivision 2 except to the extent of any surplus in federal funds provided for the route designated under subdivision 1 or as provided by agreement with the United States government. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1978 c 495 s 5] History:  1974 c 34 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 495 s 2-4
MN Stat § 161.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.15 — Specific Location; Limitation On Deviations.

 161.15 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.15 SPECIFIC LOCATION; LIMITATION ON DEVIATIONS. The commissioner may specifically and definitely locate all of the routes of the trunk highway system, but in so locating same, the commissioner shall not deviate from the starting points or terminals as set forth in the route description; nor shall there be any deviation from the various cities named in the routes through which such routes shall pass. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 15; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 161.162 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.162 — Definitions.

161.162 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The terms in sections 161.162 to 161.167 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02. Subd. 2. Final layout. (a) "Final layout" means geometric layouts and supplemental drawings that show the location, character, dimensions, access, and explanatory information about the highway construction or improvement work being proposed. "Final layout" includes, where applicable, traffic lanes, shoulders, trails, intersections, signals, bridges, approximate right-of-way limits, existing ground line and proposed grade line of the highway, turn lanes, access points and closures, sidewalks, proposed design speed, noise walls, transit considerations, auxiliary lanes, interchange locations, interchange types, sensitive areas, existing right-of-way, traffic volume and turning movements, location of storm water drainage, location of municipal utilities, project schedule and estimated cost, and the name of the project manager. (b) "Final layout" does not include a cost participation agreement. For purposes of this subdivision "cost participation agreement" means a document signed by the commissioner and the governing body of a municipality that states the costs of a highway construction project that will be paid by the municipality. Subd. 3. Final construction plan. "Final construction plan" means the set of technical drawings for the construction or improvement of a trunk highway provided to contractors for bids. Subd. 4. Governing body. "Governing body" means the elected council of a municipality. Subd. 5. Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city. History:  2001 c 191 s 3; 2002 c 364 s 3
MN Stat § 161.163 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.163 — Highway Project Review.

161.163 HIGHWAY PROJECT REVIEW. Subdivision 1. Projects requiring review. Sections 161.162 to 161.167 apply only to projects that alter access, increase or reduce highway traffic capacity, or require acquisition of permanent rights-of-way. Subd. 2. Traffic safety measures. Nothing contained in sections 161.162 to 161.167 limits the power of the commissioner to regulate traffic or install traffic-control devices or other safety measures on trunk highways located within municipalities regardless of their impact on access or traffic capacity or on the need for additional right-of-way. Subd. 3. Construction program. Nothing contained in sections 161.162 to 161.167 limits the commissioner's discretion to determine priority and programming of trunk highway projects. History:   2001 c 191 s 4
MN Stat § 161.166 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.166 — Commissioner Action; Other Highways.

161.166 COMMISSIONER ACTION; OTHER HIGHWAYS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to trunk highways that are not interstate highways. Subd. 2. Action on approved final layout. If the appeal board recommends approval of the final layout or does not submit its findings or recommendations within 60 days of the hearing, in which case the final layout is deemed approved, the commissioner may prepare substantially similar final construction plans and proceed with the project. If the final construction plans change access or traffic capacity or require additional acquisition of right-of-way from the final layout approved by the appeal board, the commissioner shall submit the portion of the final construction plan that shows the changes, to the governing body for its approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2. Subd. 3. Action on final layout approved with changes. (a) If the appeal board approves the final layout with modifications, the commissioner may: (1) prepare final construction plans including the modifications, notify the governing body, and proceed with the project; (2) decide not to proceed with the project; or (3) prepare a new final layout and resubmit it to the governing body for approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2. (b) If the final construction plans contain changes in access or traffic capacity or require additional acquisition of permanent right-of-way from the final layout reviewed by the appeal board or the governing body, the commissioner shall resubmit the portion of the final construction plans that shows the changes, to the governing body for its approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2. Subd. 4. Action on disapproved final layout. If the appeal board disapproves the final layout, the commissioner may: (1) decide not to proceed with the project; or (2) prepare a new final layout and submit it to the governing body for approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2. Subd. 5. Final construction plans issued. The commissioner shall send a complete set of final construction plans to the municipality at least 45 days before the bid opening for informational purposes. History:  2001 c 191 s 7; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 51
MN Stat § 161.167 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.167 — Reimbursement Of Expenses.

161.167 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. Members of the appeal board shall submit to the commissioner an itemized list of the expenses incurred in disposing of matters presented to them. The appeal board members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. The commissioner shall pay these costs out of the trunk highway fund. History:   2001 c 191 s 8
MN Stat § 161.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.18 — Prior Easements Vest In State.

 161.18 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.18 PRIOR EASEMENTS VEST IN STATE. When any road or highway, including any city street or portion thereof, is taken over by the state as a trunk highway, the state as to any such road, street, or highway or portion thereof, without compensation paid therefor, shall be vested with all rights, titles, easements, and appurtenances thereto appertaining, held by or vested in any of the political subdivisions of the state prior to the time such road, street, or highway is taken over by the state. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 18; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 161.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.19 — Certain Records Obtained And Filed.

 161.19 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 161.19 CERTAIN RECORDS OBTAINED AND FILED. Upon the written request of the commissioner the court administrator of any court, the auditor of any county, the clerk of any town, or the recorder or clerk of any city shall furnish a copy of the proceedings, documents, and plats, if any, relating to the establishment of any road or the procuring of the right-of-way of any road which has been or may be taken over by the state of Minnesota as a trunk highway. The copy shall be filed in the records of the commissioner and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the road as described therein. The legal fee for the copies shall be paid from the trunk highway fund. History:  1959 c 500 art 2 s 19; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 161.203 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways|Section 161.203 — Certain Park Lands Litigation Rights Preserved.

161.203 CERTAIN PARK LANDS LITIGATION RIGHTS PRESERVED. Nothing in section 161.202 shall be construed to amend, alter, or in any manner modify the rights, duties or obligations of any party to any litigation instituted on or before July 1, 1969 without the party's consent. Such litigation only concerns the proposed acquisition by the department of park lands in areas known as Minnehaha Park, Wilson Park, and North Mississippi Park located in the city of Minneapolis. Laws 1969, chapter 968 becomes effective on July 1, 1969. History:  1969 c 968 s 2; 1986 c 444