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MN Stat § 160.2721 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.2721 — Commercial Vehicle Drivers At Rest Areas.

160.2721 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS. (a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 16. (b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect. History:   2008 c 287 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 160.2725 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.2725 — Sales At Safety Rest Areas.

160.2725 SALES AT SAFETY REST AREAS. Subdivision 1. Sales authorized. Notwithstanding section 160.08, the commissioner may sell travel and tourism-related publications and maps and travel and tourism-related merchandise and services. The commissioner may rent or sell items for the convenience of persons using safety rest areas, including local attraction tickets, and permits and licenses issued by units of government. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, the commissioner of transportation may collect a service fee for the sale of lottery tickets, local attraction tickets, and permits and licenses. Merchandise that competes with vending machine sales authorized under section 160.273 is subject to the provisions of subdivision 5. Food and beverage sales are limited to those items that are sold from vending machines. Subd. 2. Advertising. The commissioner may advertise the availability of a program or item offered under this section. Subd. 3. Software sales. Notwithstanding section 16E.15 or 160.08, the commissioner may sell or license intellectual property and software products or services developed by a government unit or custom-developed by a vendor for a government unit. Subd. 4. Revenues deposited. Money received by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in the safety rest area account established in section 160.2745. Subd. 5. Competing merchandise. The commissioner and the designated state licensing agency authorized under United States Code, title 20, sections 107 to 107e, shall enter into an interagency agreement before rest areas are leased or before nonvending machine sales occur at rest areas. The interagency agreement must identify what constitutes competing merchandise and establish policies and procedures related to the sale of competing merchandise at rest areas. History:  2004 c 295 art 2 s 3,15; 2005 c 156 art 5 s 23
MN Stat § 160.273 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.273 — Vending Machines.

160.273 VENDING MACHINES. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the commissioner may contract for or authorize the placement of vending machines dispensing food, nonalcoholic beverages, milk, or other items the commissioner deems appropriate and desirable in highway safety rest areas, travel information centers, and weigh stations on marked interstate highways and primary trunk highways. The commissioner shall only place vending machines operated under United States Code, title 20, sections 107 to 107e and as provided in section 248.07. History:  1967 c 167 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1984 c 417 s 4; 1988 c 570 s 1; 2004 c 295 art 2 s 10,15
MN Stat § 160.2735 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.2735 — Sponsorship Of Safety Rest Areas.

160.2735 SPONSORSHIP OF SAFETY REST AREAS. Subdivision 1. Sponsorship program. The commissioner may enter into agreements for public or private sponsorship of highway safety rest areas by transportation and tourism-related entities. The commissioner may publicly acknowledge sponsors and may erect signs adjacent to the main travel lanes of a highway acknowledging the sponsors. Acknowledgment on the main line may consist of placement of up to one sign for each direction of traffic served. The placement of signs shall only be allowed (1) as approved through the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices process for experimentation, (2) in accordance with federal standards and policies, and (3) so that no sign exceeds 100 square feet. No more than three acknowledgment signs or displays may be placed at any one rest area, in addition to the main-line signs. Subd. 2. Revenue. The commissioner shall deposit revenue from the sponsorship program to the safety rest area account established in section 160.2745. Subd. 3. Prohibition. The commissioner shall take no action under this section that would result in the loss of federal highway funds or require the payment of highway funds to the federal government. History:   2004 c 295 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 160.274 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.274 — Sale Of Surplus Rest Area Property.

160.274 SALE OF SURPLUS REST AREA PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Reconveyance of land. The commissioner may reconvey land no longer needed for safety rest area purposes, subject to section 161.44. Subd. 2. Proceeds deposited; appropriation. Proceeds from the sale of real estate and buildings under this section must be paid into the safety rest area account established in section 160.2745 and are appropriated to the commissioner (1) for the actual cost of selling the real estate or buildings, (2) for the fees required to be paid under sections 161.23 and 161.44, and (3) as provided in section 160.2745. Subd. 3. Prohibition. The commissioner shall take no action under this section that would result in the loss of federal highway funds or require the payment of highway funds to the federal government. History:   2004 c 295 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 160.2745 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.2745 — Safety Rest Area Account.

160.2745 SAFETY REST AREA ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Account established. A safety rest area account is established in the trunk highway fund. Funds in the account are available until expended. Subd. 2. Deposits. The commissioner shall deposit in the safety rest area account revenue received from leasing or sponsoring safety rest areas, advertising at safety rest areas, selling safety rest area property and lands, and other revenue generated with respect to safety rest areas. Subd. 3. Appropriation; expenditures. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner. The commissioner may spend proceeds of the account for safety rest areas, including program administration, maintenance and operations, development and improvements, and services to customers. History:   2004 c 295 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 160.2755 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.2755 — Prohibited Activities At Rest Areas.

160.2755 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT REST AREAS. Subdivision 1. Prohibited activities. It is unlawful at rest areas to: (1) dispose of travel-related trash and rubbish, except if depositing it in a designated receptacle; (2) dump household or commercial trash and rubbish into containers or anywhere else on site; or (3) drain or dump refuse or waste from any trailer, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle except where receptacles are provided and designated to receive the refuse or waste. Subd. 2. Penalty. Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor. History:   2010 c 351 s 3
MN Stat § 160.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.28 — Plans For Public Travel Facilities.

 160.28 MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72] 160.28 PLANS FOR PUBLIC TRAVEL FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Safety rest areas; travel information centers; weigh stations. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the commissioner of transportation may have plans, specifications, and detailed designs prepared for the construction of buildings and facilities for highway safety rest areas, travel information centers in combination with rest areas, and weigh stations when the commissioner deems these buildings and facilities to be necessary in the interest of safety and convenient public travel on highways. Subd. 2.  [Renumbered 160.273] History:  1967 c 167 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1984 c 417 s 4; 1988 c 570 s 1; 2004 c 295 art 2 s 10,15
MN Stat § 160.281 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.281 — Tourist Information Center In South Dakota.

 160.281 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13] 160.281 TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER IN SOUTH DAKOTA. Subdivision 1. Authority to acquire site. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to enter into an agreement with appropriate officials of the federal government and the state of South Dakota, to acquire by gift or purchase for trunk highway uses and purposes such land in the state of South Dakota as the commissioner may deem necessary for use as a site for and to construct and operate thereon a combination rest area and tourist information center, which center shall be located not more than one mile west of the Minnesota-South Dakota state lines, along the eastbound lane of Interstate 90. Subd. 2. Operation and maintenance of center. The personnel who shall operate the center authorized by subdivision 1, shall be employees of the state of Minnesota. However, the commissioner of transportation may enter into an agreement with the appropriate officials of the state of South Dakota, under which the maintenance to be provided to the center itself and the site in toto may be provided by persons not employees of the state of Minnesota, which persons may be employees of the state of South Dakota. The agreement may provide for reasonable compensation. Subd. 3. Payment of taxes and assessments. The commissioner may, in connection with the construction, maintenance, operation, and use of the center, pay any and all taxes or special assessments, if any, that may be assessed against said property by the state of South Dakota or its political subdivisions or taxing districts. Provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to authorize the commissioner to pay any tax or special assessment which would not be required to be paid by the state of South Dakota for similarly held and used property. Subd. 4. Costs paid out of trunk highway fund. The cost of the land acquisition, the construction, operation, and maintenance costs as agreed, of the center provided for herein shall be paid out of the trunk highway fund. History:  1969 c 89 s 1-4; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 160.282 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.282 — Public Travel Facilities.

160.282 PUBLIC TRAVEL FACILITIES. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation may negotiate contracts, with or without requiring the submission of bids therefor, for the providing of maintenance services for interstate and trunk highway rest stop and tourist information centers. The terms and conditions of such contracts shall be as agreed upon and shall be such as to promote and encourage the employment of needy, elderly persons. History:  1969 c 157 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7
MN Stat § 160.283 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.283 — Resort Information Signs; Purpose.

160.283 RESORT INFORMATION SIGNS; PURPOSE. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 2. Applicability. The provisions of sections 160.283 to 160.285 only apply to directional devices or signs that may be erected pursuant to the provisions of sections 160.283 to 160.285 on those county state-aid highways, county highways and town roads within one-half mile of areas that have restrictions on the erection of advertising devices along or adjacent thereto imposed under the applicable provisions of chapter 173. Subd. 3. Resort defined. For the purposes of sections 160.283 to 160.285 the term "resort" shall be as defined in section 157.15 or a golf course, restaurant, or motel as defined in section 157.15 or recreational camping area as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 8. History:  1971 c 675 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1982 c 617 s 1; 1984 c 417 s 5; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 18; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 60
MN Stat § 160.284 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.284 — Resort Signs; Design And Manufacture.

160.284 RESORT SIGNS; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE. The Department of Transportation shall design a sign of such size and dimension and of a type sufficient to provide directional information, on slats designed for that purpose, for at least five individual resorts. The Department of Transportation shall contract for the construction or manufacture of such signs, either with private industry or through some agency of the state. All such signs shall be of a standard size and design. History:  1971 c 675 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7
MN Stat § 160.285 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.285 — Resort Signs; County Participation.

160.285 RESORT SIGNS; COUNTY PARTICIPATION. Subdivision 1. Expenditures for signs. Any county of this state is authorized to expend county road and bridge funds for the purchase of signs under section 160.283, and for the erection of such signs along or adjacent to highways under their jurisdiction or along and adjacent to town roads within the county, provided that the cost of the signs to the counties must be 100 percent reimbursed by the requester. Subd. 2. Erection and maintenance. Counties may erect and maintain these signs at the expense of the requester on those county state-aid highways, county highways and town roads designated in section 160.283, subdivision 2 provided that these signs shall not be erected closer than 500 feet from trunk highways forming a part of the interstate system as provided in section 173.16, subdivision 4, paragraph (d), or closer than 300 feet from other trunk highways as provided in section 173.16, subdivision 4, paragraph (e). Subd. 3. Fund credited. All money received from the purchase of signs from any county must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. History:  1971 c 675 s 3; 1973 c 35 s 33; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1984 c 417 s 6
MN Stat § 160.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.29 — Vacation Of Public Ways By Municipality.

 160.29 MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72] 160.29 VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS BY MUNICIPALITY. Subdivision 1. Municipality defined. For purposes of this section the term "municipality" means any city, county or town. The term "public way" means any highway, road, street, cartway, alley or lane or other publicly owned interest in real property which is open to the free passage and use of the public. Subd. 2. Effect on easements. In proceedings under statute or charter to vacate a public way or portion thereof, a municipality may specify the extent to which such vacation affects existing easements therein and the extent to which the vacation affects the authority of any person, corporation or municipality owning or controlling electric or telephone poles and lines, gas and sewer lines, or water pipes, mains and hydrants, thereon or thereunder, to continue maintaining the same or to enter upon such way or portion thereof vacated to maintain, repair, replace, remove or otherwise attend thereto. History:  1971 c 461 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 160.293 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.293 — Specific Service Signs; Intended Use.

160.293 SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS; INTENDED USE. Subdivision 1. Purpose. Specific service signs are to be used to create and implement a system of signing for the purpose of displaying specific service information to the traveling public on nonfreeway trunk highways in rural areas. Subd. 2. Signs at intersections and interchanges. A specific service sign may be erected at the intersection or interchange of a trunk highway with a controlled-access road or a local road, and at the intersection or interchange of two trunk highways. A specific service sign may not be erected if the place of business is readily visible, if effective directional advertising is visible, or if an advertising sign can be legally and effectively located near the intersection or interchange. Subd. 3. Number of trunk highway intersections or interchanges. (a) Unless otherwise provided in paragraph (b), a specific service sign for a rural agricultural or tourist-oriented business, place of worship, restaurant, motel, resort, recreational camping area, or gasoline service station or other retail motor fuel business is limited to one intersection or interchange on the trunk highway system. (b) Specific service signs are permitted at two intersections or interchanges on the trunk highway system if the place of business is located between trunk highways and within 15 miles of each qualifying intersection or interchange. Subd. 4. Trailblazing. Appropriate signing on local roads between a trunk highway intersection or interchange and a specific service shall be the responsibility of the specific service and the local road authority. Subd. 5. Signing standards. Placement of specific service sign assemblies shall be in accordance with sections 160.292 to 160.296 and existing traffic-control device standards. Subd. 6. Rural road markings. Rural roads, named and marked in accordance with resolutions from their road authority, shall continue to be identified. History:  1980 c 413 s 2; 1981 c 55 s 2-4; 1984 c 417 s 8,9; 1988 c 595 s 3,4; 1989 c 181 s 3; 1991 c 16 s 1,2; 1996 c 456 s 9-12; 2016 c 98 s 1
MN Stat § 160.294 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.294 — Specific Service Sign Details.

160.294 SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGN DETAILS. Subdivision 1. Construction of sign. Specific service sign panels shall be made of reflective sheeting and shall be on blue background with white letters, arrows and border. The directional arrow and mileage shall be displayed on the same side of the panel as the direction of turn on specific service sign panels located on nonfreeway trunk highways at grade intersections and on exit ramps at interchanges located on bypasses of outstate municipalities. The specific service sign panel shall display only the name or optional business panel, or both, when installed on nonfreeway trunk highways at interchanges located on bypasses of outstate municipalities. Subd. 1a. Business panels. Business panels shall be made of reflective sheeting and shall not resemble a traffic sign, signal, or device. The business' trademark, symbol, or logo shall be consistent on all business panels for a specific business. The business panel shall not include any supplemental messages or additional verbiage. Subd. 2. Specific service sign assemblies. No specific service sign or assembly shall be placed at a location that will interfere with other necessary signing as determined by the commissioner of transportation. History:  1980 c 413 s 3; 1996 c 456 s 13-15
MN Stat § 160.295 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.295 — Criteria For Specific Service Signs.

160.295 CRITERIA FOR SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS. Subdivision 1. Conformity with law. A specific service identified on a specific service sign shall be in conformity with all applicable laws and rules concerning the provisions for public accommodation without regard to race, religion, color, sex or national origin. Subd. 2. Distance to specific service. A specific service sign may be placed on a nonfreeway trunk highway if the specific service is located within 15 miles of the qualifying site. Subd. 3. Motel, restaurant, and resort. Motels, restaurants, and resorts served by the specific service signing shall be licensed by the state Department of Health as required by section 157.16. Subd. 4. Recreational camping area. Recreational camping areas shall possess a state Department of Health license as required by section 327.15 and the following: (1) a minimum of 15 camping spaces; (2) modern sanitary facilities (flush, chemical, or incinerator toilets) and drinking water; and (3) services available 24 hours a day. Subd. 5. Rural agricultural business or tourist-oriented business. A rural agricultural or tourist-oriented business must be open a minimum of eight hours per day, six days per week, and 12 months per year. However, a seasonal business may qualify if it is open eight hours per day and six days per week during the normal seasonal period. History:  1980 c 413 s 4; 1981 c 55 s 5; 1984 c 417 s 10,11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 595 s 5; 1989 c 181 s 4; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 70; 1996 c 456 s 16
MN Stat § 160.296 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.296 — Specific Service Signs; Administration; Rules.

160.296 SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS; ADMINISTRATION; RULES. Subdivision 1. Procedure. (a) A person who desires a specific service sign panel shall request the commissioner of transportation to install the sign. The commissioner of transportation may grant the request if the applicant qualifies for the sign panel and if space is available. All signs shall be fabricated, installed, maintained, replaced and removed by the commissioner of transportation. The applicant shall pay a fee to the commissioner of transportation to cover all costs for fabricating, installing, maintaining, replacing and removing. (b) If the applicant desires to display a business panel, the business panel for each specific service sign panel shall be supplied by the applicant. All costs to fabricate business panels shall be paid by the applicant. All business panels shall be installed and removed by the appropriate road authority. The costs for installing and removing business sign panels on specific service signs located on nonfreeway trunk highways are included in the fee specified in paragraph (a). If a business panel is stolen or damaged beyond repair, the applicant shall supply a new business panel paid for by the applicant. Subd. 2. Seasonal services. All sign panels for seasonal services shall be covered or removed when the service is not available. Subd. 3. Communications. Any new or participating specific service business shall respond to any communication from the commissioner of transportation within 30 days or an in place sign panel will be removed. Subd. 4. Sign removal. The specific service sign panels shall be removed by the commissioner of transportation if any of the requirements in sections 160.292 to 160.296 are not continually met. History:  1980 c 413 s 5; 1996 c 456 s 17; 1998 c 403 s 7
MN Stat § 160.297 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions|Section 160.297 — Other Sign Laws.

160.297 OTHER SIGN LAWS. Sections 160.292 to 160.296 provide additional authority to erect signs on nonfreeway trunk highways and do not limit the authority to erect highway signs provided by other law or rule. History:  1980 c 413 s 6; 1996 c 456 s 18