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MN Stat § 165.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.01 — Definitions.

 165.01 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.01] 165.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section and section 160.02 have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. AASHTO manual. "The Manual for Bridge Evaluation," published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is incorporated by reference. Subd. 3. Bridge. "Bridge" is defined as a structure, including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or a railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured horizontally along the center of the roadway of ten feet or more between undercopings of abutments, between the spring line of arches, or between the extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes. Bridge also includes multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than one-half of the smaller contiguous opening. This definition of a bridge includes only those railroad and pedestrian bridges over a public highway or street. Subd. 4. National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS). "NBIS" means standards established by the Federal Highway Administration in Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 650, subpart C, incorporated by reference. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 1; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 19; 2012 c 287 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 165.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.02 — Powers Of Road Authorities.

 165.02 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.02] 165.02 POWERS OF ROAD AUTHORITIES. The road authorities may construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain bridges whenever they deem bridges to be necessary. Any new or reconstructed bridge may have a separate lane in at least one direction, and may have a lane in both directions, eight feet in width for recreational use. The same may be true for each underpass. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 2; 1973 c 620 s 4
MN Stat § 165.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.04 — Bridge, Culvert; Widths.

 165.04 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.04] 165.04 BRIDGE, CULVERT; WIDTHS. Subdivision 1. Major highway. Except for railroad-highway grade separations and single lane one directional ramp bridges, and except as hereinafter provided, all bridges and culverts on any trunk highway, county state-aid highway, or municipal state-aid street hereafter established, constructed, or improved shall be at least 24 feet wide between curbs, and approaches thereto shall be at least 28 feet wide shoulder to shoulder. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the state, counties, or municipalities from performing ordinary repairs or maintenance on any such bridge or culvert less than 24 feet wide between curbs. Subd. 2. Extraordinary repair or improvement. Upon finding it practical to do so, the commissioner may make extraordinary repairs or improvements on existing trunk highway bridges less than 24 feet wide between curbs without widening such bridges. Counties and municipalities may make extraordinary repairs or improvements on major existing bridges less than 24 feet wide between curbs, without widening such bridges, if the plans for such extraordinary repairs or improvements are first approved by the commissioner. A major bridge shall mean a bridge which, together with its approaches, is at least 75 feet in length. Subd. 3. Other roads. Except for railroad-highway grade separations, all bridges, culverts, and approaches thereto on all other roads, except cartways, hereafter established, constructed, or improved shall be at least 20 feet wide, provided that in cases where salvaged material from a steel span bridge removed from a highway can be used in the erection of a steel span bridge on a county highway or town road, such bridge, so to be erected, may be less than 20 feet wide, but before such bridge is erected the plan shall first be approved by the commissioner. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 4; 1961 c 218 s 1; 1963 c 293 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 165.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.05 — Railroad Bridge Over Highway.

 165.05 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.05] 165.05 RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY. Subdivision 1. Width. Any railroad bridge hereafter constructed or substantially reconstructed over a public highway including city streets, shall be constructed so as to leave a clear opening for the highway at least four feet wider than the surfaced portion of the highway, but in no event less than 28 feet wide; provided that the requirement that the clear opening for the highway be at least four feet wider than the surfaced portion of the highway may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Clearance between highway and bridge. Such bridge shall provide at least 16 feet clear space from the surface of the highway to the bottom of the bridge, except that such clear space under any bridge over roads other than those on the state trunk highway system or the interstate highway system shall be not less than 14 feet unless a lesser clear space is approved by the commissioner. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 5; 1963 c 242 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 165.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.06 — Highway Bridge And Approach Over Railroad.

 165.06 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.06] 165.06 HIGHWAY BRIDGE AND APPROACH OVER RAILROAD. Subdivision 1. Width of bridge. The clear roadway width between curbs on any bridge hereafter constructed on any public highway, including city streets, over the tracks of any railroad shall be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway, but in no event less than 28 feet; provided that the requirement that the width of the bridge be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with the plans approved by the commissioner; further provided that in the case of bridges hereafter constructed on any town road over the tracks of any railroad the minimum width shall be 20 feet. Subd. 2. Bridge approach. The approaches to the bridge shall be at least eight feet wider than the surfaced portion of the roadway, but not less than 32 feet wide, and the grade of the approach shall not exceed five feet rise in 100 feet, provided that the requirement that the grade of the approach may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner; provided that in the case of town roads the minimum width of the approaches to the bridge shall be 24 feet. It shall leave a clear space from the railroad rails of at least 22 feet measured vertically. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 6; 1967 c 266 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 165.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.09 — Joint Establishment Of Bridge Over Navigable Stream.

 165.09 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.09] 165.09 JOINT ESTABLISHMENT OF BRIDGE OVER NAVIGABLE STREAM. Subdivision 1. Joint acquisition, construction, and maintenance. Counties, towns, and cities interested, jointly or separately, may lease, acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain bridges over any navigable stream and may construct, reconstruct, and maintain suitable approaches thereto. Such approaches may include the improvement of main highways for a distance not exceeding ten miles from the bridge. Subd. 2. What constitutes interest in bridge. A county, town, or city shall be deemed interested in bridges located outside of and within three miles of its corporate boundaries as well as those within or along its boundaries. Subd. 3. Bridge over Minnesota River or Mississippi River. Before any bridge is erected over the Minnesota River or Mississippi River, the location and plan thereof shall be approved by the commissioner. Subd. 4. Draws opened on reasonable signal. All draws shall be opened on reasonable signal or notice to allow the passage of vessels. Subd. 5.  MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 6. Securing free public use of toll bridge. Counties, towns, and cities interested may secure the free public use of any toll bridge built across any stream in this state. They may secure the free public use of any bridge by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings as provided by law. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 9; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2014 c 227 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 165.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 165 — Bridges|Section 165.10 — Bonds.

 165.10 MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.10] 165.10 BONDS. Subdivision 1. Certain counties may issue and sell. The county board of any county having no outstanding road and bridge bonds may issue and sell county road bonds in an amount not exceeding 0.12089 percent of the estimated market value of the taxable property within the county, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, or maintaining any bridge or bridges on any highway under its jurisdiction, without submitting the matter to a vote of the electors of the county. Subd. 2. Bonds issued, sold, and retired. Such bonds shall be general obligations of the county and issued, sold, and retired in the manner provided in chapter 475. History:  1959 c 500 art 6 s 10; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 7; 2001 c 214 s 2; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 22
MN Stat § 167.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds|Section 167.41 — [temporary]

 167.41 [Temporary]
MN Stat § 167.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds|Section 167.45 — Operation Costs For Central Office Building, Payment.

167.45 OPERATION COSTS FOR CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING, PAYMENT. The cost of operation and maintenance of the central office building for the Department of Transportation, or so much thereof as is properly attributable to the Department of Transportation, must not be paid out of the trunk highway fund. An amount sufficient to pay these costs is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner for this purpose. History: 1955 c 717 s 7; 1976 c 163 s 36; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 27 NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 27, is effective July 1, 2025. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 27, the effective date.
MN Stat § 167.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds|Section 167.51 — Trunk Highway Bond Account; Transfers.

167.51 TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND ACCOUNT; TRANSFERS. Subdivision 1. Account; appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget shall maintain in the state bond fund a separate account which shall be designated the Minnesota trunk highway bond account. On the first day of December of each year there shall be transferred from the trunk highway fund to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account a sum sufficient, with all money previously transferred to such account, and all income from the investment of such money, to pay all principal and interest then and theretofore due and to become due within the next ensuing year and to and including July 1 in the second ensuing year on Minnesota trunk highway bonds. There is annually appropriated from the trunk highway fund a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this subdivision. Subd. 2. Transfers. All money transferred from the trunk highway fund or from any other source to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account and all income from the investment thereof shall be available for the payment of outstanding state trunk highway bonds and interest thereon, whether or not issued pursuant to section 167.50, in the same manner as the proceeds of taxes paid into the trunk highway fund, and so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for such payments. The legislature may appropriate and transfer to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account, for the payment of such trunk highway bonds and interest thereon, any other moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The commissioner of management and budget is directed to make the appropriate entries in the accounts of the respective funds. History:  1965 c 892 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1994 c 643 s 70; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 27; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 167.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds|Section 167.52 — Tax Levy.

167.52 TAX LEVY. The state auditor shall levy each year on all taxable property within the state whatever tax may be necessary to produce an amount sufficient, with all money then and theretofore transferred under section 167.51, and all income from the investment thereof, to pay the entire amount of principal and interest which is then due or is to become due within the then ensuing year and to and including July 1 of the second ensuing year, on Minnesota trunk highway bonds heretofore issued and all such bonds hereafter issued pursuant to section 167.50. Such tax shall be subject to no limitation of rate or amount until all such bonds and all interest thereon are fully paid. The proceeds of such taxes are appropriated and credited to the state bond fund, and the principal and interest of said bonds are payable from the proceeds of such taxes, and the whole thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for such payments. If at any time there is insufficient money from the proceeds of the taxes provided for herein to pay the principal and interest when due on such bonds, then such principal and interest shall be paid out of the general fund in the state treasury, and the amount necessary therefor is hereby appropriated. The general fund shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of said taxes when received. History:  1965 c 892 s 3; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 4 s 27
MN Stat § 167.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds|Section 167.60 — Debt-financing Management Policy.

167.60 DEBT-FINANCING MANAGEMENT POLICY. (a) By July 1, 2010, the commissioner shall develop a debt-financing management policy for trunk highway bonds, federal advanced construction funds, and other forms of highway financing based on debt or future repayment. The policy must be used by the department to guide decision making related to debt financing. The commissioner may update the policy as necessary. In developing and updating the policy, the commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of management and budget and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance. (b) The debt-financing management policy must address relevant financial issues, including, but not limited to: (1) limits on cumulative amounts of debt for the trunk highway system from all state and federal sources; (2) eligibility of projects for debt-financing funds; (3) allocation and use of funds; (4) terms of debt service and methods of repayment; (5) management of trunk highway fund balance impacts; and (6) mitigation of risks from different forms of debt financing. (c) Upon creation or formal revision of the debt-financing management policy, the commissioner shall distribute electronic copies to the members of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance, and as required for reports to the legislature under section 3.195, subdivision 1. History:   2010 c 350 s 3
MN Stat § 168.014 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.014 — Owner's Registration Certificate; Expiration.

168.014 OWNER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE; EXPIRATION. The registered owner's right to the registration certificate provided for herein and the right to use the number plates issued therewith shall expire upon the termination of ownership of any person in the motor vehicle for which the same was issued, and in any event at midnight on December 31 of the year for which issued except as provided in section 168.017. History:  1949 c 694 s 4; 1973 c 6 s 1; 1974 c 406 s 32
MN Stat § 168.016 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.016 — Collection Of Tax Rate Increase.

168.016 COLLECTION OF TAX RATE INCREASE. The tax provisions include the five percent surtax imposed under section 168.013, subdivision 14 for passenger automobiles, ambulances and hearses, and the five percent increase in taxes provided for in said subdivision 14 shall not be added to the taxes imposed on such vehicles under the provisions of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31. History:   Ex1971 c 31 art 5 s 4
MN Stat § 168.018 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.018 — Quarterly Registration Of Farm Trucks.

168.018 QUARTERLY REGISTRATION OF FARM TRUCKS. (a) The owner of (1) any farm truck as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 8, or (2) a truck owned by a retailer who is engaged in the intrastate transportation of fertilizer or agricultural chemicals directly to a farm for on-farm use within a radius of 50 miles of the retailer's business location, may elect to register and license the truck only for one or more quarters of a registration year, at a tax of one-fourth of the annual tax on the vehicle plus $5 for each quarterly registration. The owner may not apply for quarterly registration or renewal until seven days before the selected quarter or concurrent quarters. The expiration date of a registration shall be displayed on the license plate in such a manner as the registrar shall direct. No truck registered on a quarterly basis shall be operated on the public streets and highways more than ten days beyond the end of the quarter for which it is registered unless the registration has been renewed for another quarter or for the remainder of the registration year. (b) For purposes of this section registration quarters shall begin on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. History:  1981 c 363 s 20; 1984 c 549 s 5; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 168.0185 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.0185 — Record Of Vehicle Registration; Disclosure.

168.0185 RECORD OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION; DISCLOSURE. (a) The commissioner shall keep a record of all registered vehicles according to (1) registration plate number, (2) name of the registered owner, (3) make of vehicle and the vehicle's identification number, for a vehicle so identified, or, if none, the vehicle's serial number until the manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number. (b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section 168.327. (c) The commissioner shall also furnish vehicle registration records, without charge, to chiefs of police, county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law enforcement agencies with the power to arrest. History:  (2693) 1921 c 461 s 22; 1923 c 418 s 22; 1927 c 340 s 1; 1939 c 259 s 1; 1949 c 131 s 1; 1949 c 132 s 1; 1951 c 384 s 1; 1957 c 82 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 9; 1969 c 540 s 9; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 15-17; 1971 c 58 s 1; 1971 c 625 s 1,3; 1971 c 853 s 13; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 375 s 1; 1975 c 146 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 281 s 1,2; 1977 c 327 s 2,3; 1979 c 329 s 3; 1981 c 357 s 59; 1984 c 549 s 24; 1984 c 629 s 3; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 61; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 291 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 496 s 11; 1988 c 647 s 10; 1989 c 209 art 1 s 16; 1989 c 269 s 40,41; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 22; 1990 c 565 s 28; 1991 c 56 s 1; 1996 c 435 s 11; 1996 c 455 art 4 s 11; 1997 c 250 s 3; 2000 c 426 s 12; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 36; 2002 c 371 art 1 s 11,12; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 28; 2005 c 45 s 2,3; 2005 c 64 s 6; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 2 s 26,47
MN Stat § 168.022 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.022 — Mandatory Tax Refund Due To Lemon Law.

168.022 MANDATORY TAX REFUND DUE TO LEMON LAW. Subdivision 1. Entitlement to refund. If a manufacturer of motor vehicles is required by section 325F.665, subdivision 3, to refund the tax imposed by this chapter, the tax shall be refunded to the manufacturer as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Amount of refund. The amount of the refund shall be the tax paid by the purchaser pursuant to this chapter less 1/12 of the annual tax for the vehicle for each calendar month or fraction of a calendar month between the date of registration and the date the purchase price is refunded. Subd. 3. Application. The refund shall be paid to the manufacturer upon written application to the registrar of motor vehicles with proof of compliance with this section as the registrar may require. Subd. 4. Payment out of highway user fund. Payment of any refund pursuant to this section shall be made out of the highway user tax distribution fund and the amounts necessary to pay the refunds are appropriated out of that fund. History:  1983 c 342 art 20 s 1; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 38
MN Stat § 168.031 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale|Section 168.031 — Registration Exemption; Active Military Service.

168.031 REGISTRATION EXEMPTION; ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. (a) The motor vehicle of any person who engages in active military service in any branch or unit of the United States armed forces shall be exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax during the period of such active service and for 90 days immediately thereafter if the owner, before, during, or within 90 days after completion of that active service, files with the registrar of motor vehicles a written application for exemption with such proof of military service as the registrar may have required and if the motor vehicle is not operated on a public highway within the state during the requested period of exemption, except by the owner while on furlough or leave of absence from the military. (b) The motor vehicle of any disabled war veteran, which vehicle has been furnished free, in whole or in part, by the United States government to said disabled veteran, shall be exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax. The motor vehicle owned and registered by a former prisoner of war that bears the "EX-POW" plates is exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax. (c) For purposes of this section, the term "active service" shall have the meaning given this term in section 190.05, subdivisions 5b and 5c, but excludes service performed exclusively for purposes of: (1) annual training and other periodic inactive duty training for National Guard and other reserve members; (2) special training periodically made available to National Guard and other reserve members; (3) service performed in accordance with section 190.08, subdivision 3; and (4) service performed as part of the active guard/reserve program pursuant to United States Code, title 32, section 502(f), or other applicable authority. History:  1941 c 7 s 1; 1943 c 458 s 1; 1951 c 248 s 1; 1971 c 83 s 1; 1993 c 214 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 30