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MN Stat § 173.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.15 — Prohibited Advertising Devices.

173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES. (a) After June 8, 1971, no advertising device shall be erected or maintained: (1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet; (2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger"; (3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency; (4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise provided by law or allowed by the commissioner; (5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof; (6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features, or on public utility poles; (7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to be a traffic hazard; (8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto; (9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned. (b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic advertising device that changes displayed digital content no more frequently than once every six seconds. History:  1965 c 828 s 15; Ex1967 c 9 s 15; 1971 c 883 s 9; 2015 c 75 art 2 s 31
MN Stat § 173.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.155 — Changeable Electronic Variable Message Signs.

173.155 CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "changeable electronic variable message sign" or "CEVMS" means an outdoor advertising device that contains light-emitting diodes or other technology to display copy visible during the day and during the night, with the copy changes initiated electronically. Subd. 2. Prohibition. Intermittent, animated, scrolling, full-motion video elements, or moving lights are prohibited on outdoor advertising devices, including CEVMS. Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a CEVMS is permissible if: (1) the message does not change more frequently than once every six seconds; (2) the transition between messages or copy does not exceed two seconds in duration; (3) the message brightness does not exceed 0.3 foot-candles over ambient light, as measured using a foot candle meter from the following distances: (i) for signs with a nominal face size of 12 feet by 25 feet, from 150 feet; (ii) for signs with a nominal face size of ten feet, six inches, by 36 feet, from 200 feet; and (iii) for signs with a nominal face size of 14 feet by 48 feet, from 250 feet; and (4) the sign must not cause beams or rays of light to be directed at the traveled way if the light is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare that impairs the vision of the driver of a motor vehicle, or interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle. (b) The brightness measurement under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be conducted at least 30 minutes after sunset or at least 30 minutes before sunrise. Each CEVMS must have automatic dimming technology that adjusts the device's brightness levels in response to changes in ambient light. History:   1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 89
MN Stat § 173.171 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.171 — Vegetation Control; Visibility; Agreement.

173.171 VEGETATION CONTROL; VISIBILITY; AGREEMENT. The commissioner of the Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with the owners of advertising devices not prohibited under this chapter and lawfully erected and maintained in adjacent areas, or with the owners of the real property on which the advertising devices are located, providing for the control of vegetation on the right-of-way in the vicinity of the advertising devices to ensure their visibility from the highway. The agreements shall provide that: (1) the cost of any vegetation control measures will be paid for by the owner of the advertising device or the owner of the real property on which it is located; and (2) any control measures will be carried out in a safe, workmanlike manner. History:   1981 c 294 s 3
MN Stat § 173.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.18 — Adjustments Between Owners As To Spacing.

173.18 ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN OWNERS AS TO SPACING. If two or more advertising devices erected before May 26, 1965 are in violation of the spacing requirements as herein provided, the commissioner of transportation shall notify the owners of such devices and give such owners full opportunity to be heard. The commissioner shall thereafter make a finding as to the date of erection of each of the devices. The device or devices last erected shall be deemed nonconforming and shall be removed by the owner or owners not later than July 1, 1969. History:  1965 c 828 s 18; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 173.185 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.185 — Agreement With Federal Government; Rules.

173.185 AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; RULES. Subdivision 1. Federal laws and regulations. The commissioner of transportation shall comply with federal law and federal rules and regulations relating to billboard control on the interstate and primary systems, and is authorized to do all necessary acts and things, including, but not limited to, entering into binding agreements with the United States or any of its agencies or departments to the end that the objectives stated in United States Code, title 23, section 131, section 319, or any other applicable federal statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, be accomplished on the interstate and primary systems of highways. Subd. 2. Rules. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules governing the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising devices as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the state declared in this chapter. History:  1971 c 883 s 12; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 173.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.20 — Conflict Of Laws.

173.20 CONFLICT OF LAWS. Nothing in sections 173.13 to 173.231 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, municipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising than the provisions of said sections 173.13 to 173.231 hereof or of the regulations adopted thereunder. History:  1965 c 828 s 20; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 87; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 173.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.21 — Chapter Violations; Misdemeanor; Injunctive Relief.

173.21 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS; MISDEMEANOR; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. Any person who violates any provisions of sections 173.13 to 173.231 or any rules issued or adopted thereunder after notice thereof upon conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, the commissioner of transportation may seek injunctive relief in the district court of the county in which the nonconforming advertising device is located and require that either the advertising device conform or be removed. History:  1965 c 828 s 21; 1971 c 883 s 13; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 88; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 173.231 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.231 — Fees; Proceeds To Trunk Highway Fund.

173.231 FEES; PROCEEDS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND. All fees collected under sections 173.07 and 173.13 shall be paid into the trunk highway fund. History:  1971 c 883 s 17; 1976 c 163 s 38
MN Stat § 173.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.25 — Availability Of Federal Aid.

173.25 AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL AID. The commissioner of transportation shall not expend money for the acquisition of advertising devices controlled under this chapter, except those for which acquisition proceedings were begun before June 8, 1979, or for which federal money has been appropriated by Congress and the federal share has been made available to the commissioner. No advertising device legal under Laws 1971, chapter 883, shall be required to be removed or relocated until payment as provided in Laws 1971, chapter 883, is tendered by the commissioner of transportation. No further state funds shall be used for any existing or proposed acquisitions other than those funds necessary to obtain full federal participation in the acquisition proceeding pursuant to United States Code, title 23, "Highways." History:  1971 c 883 s 14; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1981 c 357 s 66; 1989 c 269 s 42
MN Stat § 173.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.26 — Exemption For Old Advertising Device In Business Area.

173.26 EXEMPTION FOR OLD ADVERTISING DEVICE IN BUSINESS AREA. Notwithstanding any other provision of Laws 1971, chapter 883, each advertising device in existence in a business area on June 8, 1971, and which fails to comply with the provisions of Laws 1971, chapter 883, only as to size, lighting, or spacing, may remain in place. History:   1971 c 883 s 15
MN Stat § 173.265 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.265 — Outdoor Advertising Devices; Removal; Maintenance.

173.265 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES; REMOVAL; MAINTENANCE. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Destroyed" means that more than 50 percent of a nonconforming outdoor advertising device's upright supports are physically damaged to a degree that normal repair practices would require replacement of broken wooden supports or replacement of broken, bent, or twisted supports for metal sign structures. (c) "Reasonable repair and maintenance" means customary maintenance and change of a sign's copy or message, and includes replacement of existing light fixtures with energy efficient fixtures or installation of other energy efficiency improvements. Reasonable repair and maintenance does not include: (1) the addition of illumination; (2) repair, reinstallation, erection, or maintenance for outdoor advertising devices that are destroyed, as defined under paragraph (b); (3) enlarging the nonconforming device; (4) changing the device from a wood structure to a steel or concrete structure; or (5) any change that would terminate nonconforming status. (d) "Substantial change" means any action that does not constitute reasonable repair and maintenance. Subd. 2. Application. This section applies only to outdoor advertising devices subject to state and federal regulation under United States Code, title 23, section 131, and any regulations adopted under that law. Subd. 3. Removal. The department may remove a destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued outdoor advertising device, subject to the limitations provided under this chapter. Subd. 4. Reasonable repair and maintenance. (a) The owner of an outdoor advertising device may perform reasonable repair and maintenance on any device, provided the device is not destroyed. (b) Any action not constituting reasonable repair and maintenance will subject the outdoor advertising device to immediate removal under subdivision 3. Subd. 5. Substantial change. Substantial changes to outdoor advertising devices are prohibited. A substantial change to a nonconforming outdoor advertising device will subject the sign to immediate removal under subdivision 3. History:   1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 92
MN Stat § 173.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 173 — Signs And Billboards Along Highways|Section 173.27 — Citation.

173.27 CITATION. Laws 1971, chapter 883, may be cited as the "Minnesota Outdoor Advertising Control Act." History:   1971 c 883 s 18
MN Stat § 174.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 174 — Department Of Transportation|Section 174.01 — Creation; Policy.

174.01 CREATION; POLICY. Subdivision 1. Department created. In order to provide an integrated transportation system of aeronautics, highways, motor carriers, ports, public transit, railroads, and pipelines, and including facilities for walking and bicycling, a Department of Transportation is created. The department is the principal agency of the state for development, implementation, administration, consolidation, and coordination of state transportation policies, plans, and programs. Subd. 2. Transportation goals. The goals of the state transportation system are as follows: (1) to minimize fatalities and injuries for transportation users throughout the state; (2) to provide multimodal and intermodal transportation facilities and services to increase access for all persons and businesses and to ensure economic well-being and quality of life without undue burden placed on any community; (3) to provide a reasonable travel time for commuters; (4) to enhance economic development and provide for the economical, efficient, and safe movement of goods to and from markets by rail, highway, and waterway; (5) to encourage tourism by providing appropriate transportation to Minnesota facilities designed to attract tourists and to enhance the appeal, through transportation investments, of tourist destinations across the state; (6) to provide transit services to all counties in the state to meet the needs of transit users; (7) to promote accountability through systematic management of system performance and productivity through the utilization of technological advancements; (8) to maximize the long-term benefits received for each state transportation investment; (9) to provide for and prioritize funding of transportation investments that ensures that the state's transportation infrastructure is maintained in a state of good repair; (10) to ensure that the planning and implementation of all modes of transportation are consistent with the environmental and energy goals of the state; (11) to promote and increase the use of high-occupancy vehicles and low-emission vehicles; (12) to provide an air transportation system sufficient to encourage economic growth and allow all regions of the state the ability to participate in the global economy; (13) to increase use of transit as a percentage of all trips statewide by giving highest priority to the transportation modes with the greatest people-moving capacity and lowest long-term economic and environmental cost; (14) to promote and increase bicycling and walking as a percentage of all trips as energy-efficient, nonpolluting, and healthy forms of transportation; (15) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the state's transportation sector; and (16) to accomplish these goals with minimal impact on the environment. History:  1976 c 166 s 1; 1991 c 298 art 1 s 1; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 66; 2010 c 351 s 38,39
MN Stat § 174.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 174 — Department Of Transportation|Section 174.04 — Financial Assistance; Applications; Disbursement.

174.04 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; APPLICATIONS; DISBURSEMENT. Subdivision 1. Review of application. Any state agency which receives an application from a regional development commission, metropolitan council, public transit commission, airport commission, port authority, or other political subdivision of the state, or any nonpublic organization, for financial assistance for transportation planning, capital expenditures, or operations to any state or federal agency, shall first submit the application to the commissioner of transportation. The commissioner shall review the application to determine whether it contains matters that substantially affect the statewide transportation plan and priorities. If the application does not contain such matters, the commissioner shall within 15 days after receipt return the application to the applicant political subdivision or nonpublic organization for forwarding to the appropriate agency. If the application contains such matters, the commissioner shall review and comment on the application as being consistent with the plan and priorities. The commissioner shall return the application together with comments within 45 days after receipt to the applicant political subdivision or nonpublic organization for forwarding with the commissioner's comments to the appropriate agency. Subd. 2. Designated agent. A regional development commission, metropolitan council, public transit commission, airport commission, port authority, or any other political subdivision of the state, or any nonpublic organization, may designate the commissioner as its agent to receive and disburse funds by entering into an agreement with the commissioner prescribing the terms and conditions of the receipt and expenditure of the funds in accordance with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Subd. 3. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as altering or amending in any way the funding procedures specified in section 161.36, 360.016 or 360.0161. History:  1976 c 166 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 29
MN Stat § 174.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 174 — Department Of Transportation|Section 174.06 — Transfer Of Powers.

174.06 TRANSFER OF POWERS. Subdivision 1. Department of Highways. All powers, duties, and functions heretofore vested in or imposed on the commissioner of highways or the Department of Highways by chapters 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 169, 173, or sections 473.405 to 473.449 or any other law relating to the duties and powers of the commissioner of highways are transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the commissioner of transportation. The position of the commissioner of highways and the Department of Highways as heretofore constituted are abolished. Subd. 2. Department of Aeronautics. All powers, duties, and functions heretofore vested in or imposed on the commissioner of aeronautics or the Department of Aeronautics by sections 360.011 to 360.076, 360.305 to 360.73, 360.81 to 360.91 or any other law relating to the duties and powers of the commissioner of aeronautics are transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the commissioner of transportation. The position of the commissioner of aeronautics and the Department of Aeronautics as heretofore constituted are abolished. Subd. 3. Department of Public Service. All powers, duties, and functions heretofore vested in or imposed on the Department of Public Service, the Public Utilities Commission, or the commissioner of the Department of Public Service by sections 174.60 to 174.63 are transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the commissioner of transportation. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49] Subd. 5. Transfer approval of commissioner of administration. Any and all transfers of Department of Public Service personnel, records, and funds to the Department of Transportation, made pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1981 c 253 s 48] Subd. 7. Legislative intent; transport of certain materials. It is the intent of the legislature that gas, oil, slurry, and other pipelines, long-distance conveyor belt systems, and other modes of transportation not now regulated by the state be constructed and operated in a manner that best serves the public good and complements other means of transportation. Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] History:  1976 c 166 s 6; 1977 c 124 s 1; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 43; 2014 c 227 art 1 s 13; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 74
MN Stat § 174.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 174 — Department Of Transportation|Section 174.10 — Proceedings Involving Carriers.

174.10 PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING CARRIERS. Subdivision 1. Notice of contested case; fee. The commissioner in any contested case that involves a motor carrier or common carrier by rail as a party shall give reasonable notice to representatives of associations or other interested groups or persons who have registered their names with the commissioner for that purpose, to all parties and to cities and municipalities that the commissioner deems to be interested in the proceeding. The commissioner may prescribe an annual fee as a charge to all registered groups or persons. The fee must be credited to the general fund. This charge is to cover the out-of-pocket costs involved in providing the notice. Subd. 2. Investigatory powers. In all matters over which the commissioner has regulatory, or enforcement authority, the commissioner may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all necessary papers, books, records, documents, and other evidentiary material. Any person failing or refusing to appear to testify regarding any matter about which the person may be lawfully questioned or to produce any papers, books, records, documents, or other evidentiary materials in the matter to be heard, after having been required by a subpoena of the commissioner to do so may, upon application by the commissioner to the district court in any district, be ordered to comply therewith. An administrative law judge in a rulemaking or contested case proceeding may, on behalf of the commissioner, issue subpoenas, administer oaths to witnesses, and take their affirmations. Depositions may be taken within or without the state by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee in the manner provided by law for the taking of depositions in civil actions. A subpoena or other process or paper may be served upon any person named therein, anywhere within the state by any officer authorized to serve subpoenas or other process or paper in civil actions, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law for service of process issued out of the district court of this state. Subd. 3. Prosecution. In proceedings that involve a motor carrier or common carrier by rail as a party, the matter must be heard by the commissioner as authorized by law. Subd. 4. Lack of jurisdiction. If, in any proceeding the commissioner decides that the department does not have jurisdiction, the commissioner shall issue an order dismissing the proceeding and stating the ground of the dismissal. History:  1976 c 166 s 8; 1980 c 534 s 15-17; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1986 c 444; 2001 c 213 s 13-15
MN Stat § 174.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 174 — Department Of Transportation|Section 174.11 — Property Acquisitions; Notice To County Auditor.

174.11 PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS; NOTICE TO COUNTY AUDITOR. Upon acquisition of any taxable real property, the commissioner must notify the county auditor of the county where the property is located that the property has been acquired. History:   1Sp2005 c 3 art 1 s 2