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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.442 — Reconveyance To Former Owner.

161.442 RECONVEYANCE TO FORMER OWNER.
Notwithstanding sections 161.23, 161.41, 161.411, 161.43, 161.44, or any other statute, the commissioner of transportation, with the consent of the owner, may transfer, sell, or convey real property including fixtures, and interests in real property including easements, to the owner from whom the property was acquired by the state for trunk highway purposes through a pending eminent domain action. The transfer of title may be by stipulation, partial dismissal, bill of sale, or conveyance. Any resulting change in the state's acquisition must be explained in the final certificate for that action. This provision does not confer on a landowner the right to compel a reconveyance without the consent of the commissioner.
History:
1994 c 635 art 2 s 4; 2001 c 213 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.462 — Fiber Collaboration Database.

161.462 FIBER COLLABORATION DATABASE.
Subdivision 1.
Purpose.
The purpose of the fiber collaboration database is to provide broadband providers with advance notice of upcoming Department of Transportation construction projects so that they may notify the department of their interest in installing broadband infrastructure within the right-of-way during construction in order to minimize installation costs.
Subd. 2.
Database.
(a) The Department of Transportation shall post on its website, and update annually, the list of upcoming construction projects contained in its statewide transportation improvement program, including, for each project:
(1) the geographical location where construction will occur;
(2) the estimated start and end dates of construction; and
(3) a description of the nature of the construction project.
(b) The commissioner shall post the information required in paragraph (a) as far in advance of the beginning of construction as is feasible.
(c) The department's website must allow a provider of broadband service to register to receive from the department electronic information on proposed construction projects added to the database in specific geographical areas of the state as soon as it is updated.
History:
2013 c 85 art 3 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.465 — Reimbursement For Fire Services.

161.465 REIMBURSEMENT FOR FIRE SERVICES.
(a) Ordinary expenses incurred by a municipal or volunteer fire department in extinguishing a grass fire within the right-of-way of a trunk highway must be reimbursed upon certification to the commissioner of transportation from the trunk highway fund. In addition, ordinary expenses incurred by a municipal or volunteer fire department in extinguishing a fire outside the right-of-way of any trunk highway if the fire originated within the right-of-way, upon approval of a police officer or an officer or employee of the Department of Public Safety must, upon certification to the commissioner of transportation by the proper official of the municipality or fire department within 60 days after the completion of the service, be reimbursed to the municipality or fire department from funds in the trunk highway fund. The commissioner of transportation shall take action practicable to secure reimbursement to the trunk highway fund of money expended under this section from the person, firm, or corporation responsible for the fire or danger of fire.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to admit state liability for damage or destruction to private property or for injury to persons resulting from a fire originating within a trunk highway right-of-way.
History:
1977 c 43 s 1; 1979 c 108 s 1; 1981 c 32 s 1; 1982 c 617 s 5; 1983 c 301 s 140; 1984 c 558 art 3 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.475 — Snow And Ice Control Materials.

161.475 SNOW AND ICE CONTROL MATERIALS.
Subdivision 1.
Use of agriculture-based deicing solution.
The commissioner of transportation shall use a deicing solution derived from agricultural products for snow and ice control on trunk highways to the extent that the commissioner determines is economically feasible, environmentally beneficial, and consistent with public safety.
Subd. 2.
Effect on environment.
The commissioner, in determining which snow and ice control materials to use on trunk highways, shall consider the effect of each type of material on the environment and on the deterioration of bridges and other structures.
History:
2002 c 364 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.53 — Research Activities.

161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
(a) The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the total amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid and municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and private research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research to improve the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental compatibility of transportation systems, including research into and implementation of innovations in bridge-monitoring technology and bridge inspection technology; bridge inspection techniques and best practices; and the cost-effectiveness of deferred or lower cost highway and bridge design and maintenance activities and their impacts on long-term trunk highway costs and maintenance needs; (2) research on transportation policies that enhance energy efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing and monitoring research results; and (4) development of transportation education and outreach activities.
(b) Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid funds, the commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent for research and related activities performed by the Center for Transportation Studies of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a technology transfer and training center for Minnesota transportation professionals.
History:
1991 c 298 art 8 s 1; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 14; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 17; 2010 c 350 s 1; 2013 c 117 art 3 s 3; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 52; 2023 c 68 art 4 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.01 — Definitions.

162.01
Subdivision 1.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
Subd. 2.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
Subd. 3.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
Subd. 4.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
Subd. 5.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
Subd. 6.
MS 1949 [Repealed, 1951 c 120 s 1]
Subd. 7.
MS 1949 [Obsolete]
Subd. 8.
[Superseded by last sentence of subd 5]
Subd. 9.
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
162.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in section 160.02 shall have the same meanings.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.021 — Natural Preservation Routes.

162.021 NATURAL PRESERVATION ROUTES.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment; rules.
(a) The commissioner shall establish a natural preservation routes category within the county state-aid highway system.
(b) Natural preservation routes include those routes that possess particular scenic, environmental, or historical characteristics, such as routes along lakes or through forests, wetlands, or floodplains, that would be harmed by construction or reconstruction meeting the engineering standards under section 162.07 or the rules adopted under that section.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing minimum construction and reconstruction standards that address public safety and reflect the function, lower traffic volume, and slower speed on natural preservation routes. The rules may not establish standards for natural preservation routes that are higher than the standards for national forest highways within national forests and state park access roads within state parks. Design standards specifying the width of vehicle recovery areas on forest highways, forest and park roads, and on natural preservation routes must minimize harmful environmental impact.
Subd. 2.
Signs.
Signs must be posted at entry points to and at regular intervals along natural preservation routes. Signs posted must conform to the commissioner's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Properly posted signs are prima facie evidence that adequate notice of a natural preservation route has been given to the motoring public.
Subd. 3.
Liability.
Where a county state-aid highway has been designated a natural preservation route and signs have been posted under subdivision 2, the state and the county with jurisdiction over the road and their officers and employees are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to persons or property arising from travel on the highway and related to its design standards for construction or reconstruction, if the design standards comply with the standards established by the commissioner under subdivision 1. This subdivision does not preclude an action for damages arising from negligence in the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of a natural preservation route.
Subd. 4.
Public information.
A county proposing a project on a county state-aid highway that is a natural preservation route that requires removal of the entire surface of the highway shall send to owners of property abutting the highway a written notice that describes the project. The county shall hold a public meeting to discuss design and construction alternatives.
Subd. 5.
Designation.
The commissioner may designate a county state-aid highway as a natural preservation route only on petition of the county board of the county having jurisdiction over the road. Within 60 days after a county board receives a written request to designate a county state-aid highway as a natural preservation route, the county board shall act on the request.
History:
1991 c 298 art 4 s 6; 2004 c 181 s 1; 2004 c 295 art 1 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.03 — Establishment Along Common Boundary Lines.

162.03
MS 1945 [Local, Ramsey County]
162.03 ESTABLISHMENT ALONG COMMON BOUNDARY LINES.
The county boards of two or more counties may with the consent of the commissioner establish and locate a county state-aid highway along or near the common boundary line of the counties. The county boards of the counties may enter into agreements providing for the division of costs and responsibility to be borne by each for right-of-way, construction, improvement, and maintenance of such county state-aid highway.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.031 — Construction Across Another County Or State.

162.031 CONSTRUCTION ACROSS ANOTHER COUNTY OR STATE.
When a county state-aid highway route is so located that in order to achieve the designated objectives the commissioner determines that it is necessary to construct the highway across a portion of another county or state, the county initiating the construction is authorized to spend county state-aid highway funds for that purpose in the same manner as other expenditures for county state-aid highway purposes are made. No part of that highway may be constructed in another county until both counties approve the construction.
History:
1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.04 — Limitation On Payment Of Contract Price.

162.04
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
162.04 LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF CONTRACT PRICE.
Whenever the construction or improvement of any county state-aid highway is to be done by contract, and the construction or improvement is not financed in whole or in part by federal aid highway money, the county board shall agree in the contract to pay the contractor on account an amount not to exceed 95 percent of the value of the work from time to time actually completed as shown by monthly estimates thereof, made by the county engineer on the basis of the contract prices, and shall further agree that when the work is 95 percent or more completed upon the recommendation of the county engineer such portions of the retained price shall be released as the county board determines are not required to be retained to protect the county's interest in completion of the contract. In such case it shall be lawful for the county auditor to issue a warrant on the county treasurer to the contractor for an amount consistent with the above prescribed limitations of the value of the work so completed and specified in the engineer's monthly estimate without allowance of a claim therefor by the county board. Failure to pay any amount due and payable under the terms of the contract within 30 days of a monthly estimate or 90 days after the final estimate of the value of the work completed shall obligate the county to pay to the contractor simple interest on the past due amount at an annual rate equal to the Monthly Index of Long Term United States Bond Yields for the month prior to the month in which this obligation is incurred plus an additional one percent per annum. Interest shall not be imposed with respect to any amount which a county may legally withhold as a result of breach of contract or other contractual claim, or if the delay is caused by the contractor.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 4; 1973 c 437 s 1; 1977 c 144 s 1; 1980 c 464 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.05 — Payment Into County State-aid Highway Fund.

162.05
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
162.05 PAYMENT INTO COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAY FUND.
In addition to the 29 percent of the net highway user tax distribution fund there shall be paid into the county state-aid highway fund all money accruing from the income derived from the investments in the internal improvement land fund.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.081 — Town Road Account.

162.081 TOWN ROAD ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Account created.
A town road account is created in the county state-aid highway fund.
Subd. 2.
Formula for distribution to counties.
Funds in the town road account must be apportioned to each county so that each county receives the percentage that the total miles of town road in the county bears to the total miles of town roads in the state.
Subd. 3.
Apportionment.
Upon determining the amount of money to be apportioned to each county under section 162.07, the commissioner shall also determine the amounts in the town road account to be apportioned under subdivision 2. The apportionment under subdivision 2 must be included in the statement sent to the commissioner of management and budget and the county auditor and county engineer of each county under section 162.08, subdivision 2. The amounts so apportioned and allocated to each county from the town road account must be paid by the state to the treasurer of each county at the same time that payments are made under section 162.08, subdivision 2, provided that the amounts must be paid in a sufficient time to allow the county to distribute the amounts to each town by March 1, annually.
Subd. 4.
Formula for distribution to towns; purposes.
(a) Money apportioned to a county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town within the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board. The formula must take into account each town's population and town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable in the interests of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds to each town treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after receipt of payment from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a county which has not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made according to a formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
(b) Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads within the town.
History:
1983 c 17 s 3; 1984 c 410 s 1; 1984 c 535 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 268 s 4; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 14; 1991 c 278 s 1,2; 1993 c 117 s 1; 1994 c 553 s 1; 1998 c 372 art 2 s 5; 2004 c 228 art 3 s 3; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2012 c 287 art 4 s 9; 2014 c 287 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.091 — Construction Across Another Municipality Or State.

162.091 CONSTRUCTION ACROSS ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY OR STATE.
When a municipal state-aid street route is so located that in order to achieve the designated objectives the commissioner determines that it is necessary to construct the street across a portion of another municipality or state, the municipality initiating the construction is authorized to spend municipal state-aid street funds for that purpose in the same manner as other expenditures for municipal state-aid street purposes are made. No part of that street may be constructed in another municipality until both municipalities approve the construction.
History:
1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.10 — Limitation On Payment Of Contract Price.

162.10
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 584 s 1]
162.10 LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF CONTRACT PRICE.
Whenever the construction or improvement of any municipal state-aid street is to be done by contract, and the construction or improvement is not financed in whole or in part by federal aid highway money, the governing body of the city shall agree in the contract to pay the contractor an amount not exceeding 95 percent of the value of the work from time to time actually completed, as shown by monthly estimates thereof made by the engineer of the city on the basis of the contract prices, and shall further agree that when the work is 95 percent or more completed upon the recommendation of the city engineer such portions of the retained price shall be released as the governing body of the city determines are not required to be retained to protect the city's interest in completion of the contract. In such case it shall be lawful for the appropriate disbursing officers of the city to pay the contractor an amount consistent with the above prescribed limitations of the value of the work so completed and specified in the engineer's monthly estimate without allowance of a claim therefor by the governing body of the city. Failure to pay any amount due and payable under the terms of the contract within 30 days of a monthly estimate or 90 days after the final estimate of the value of the work completed shall obligate the city to pay to the contractor simple interest on the past due amount at an annual rate equal to the Monthly Index of Long Term United States Bond Yields for the month prior to the month in which this obligation is incurred plus an additional one percent per annum. Interest shall not be imposed with respect to any amount which a city may legally withhold as a result of breach of contract or other contractual claim, or if the delay is caused by the contractor.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 10; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 259 s 1; 1977 c 144 s 2; 1980 c 464 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.11 — Percentage Paid To Municipal State-aid Street Fund.

162.11
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
162.11 PERCENTAGE PAID TO MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREET FUND.
Nine percent of the net highway user tax distribution fund shall be paid into the municipal state-aid street fund.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.146 — Larger Cities Assistance Account.

162.146 LARGER CITIES ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Larger cities assistance account; appropriation.
(a) A larger cities assistance account is created in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds under section 174.49, subdivision 3, and as provided by law and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account.
(b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for apportionment among all the cities that are eligible to receive municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14.
Subd. 2.
Allocation formula.
The commissioner must apportion funds in the larger cities assistance account as follows:
(1) 50 percent of the funds proportionally based on each city's share of population, as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision 3, compared to the total population of all cities that are eligible to receive municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14; and
(2) 50 percent of the funds proportionally based on each city's share of money needs, as determined under section 162.13, subdivision 3, compared to the total money needs of all cities that are eligible to receive municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14.
History:
2023 c 68 art 3 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.15 — Administrative Costs.

162.15
MS 1949 [Repealed, 1951 c 192 s 1]
162.15 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
The necessary personal expenses of the members of any boards appointed by the commissioner shall be considered administrative costs of the Department of Transportation, and reimbursement of the expenses shall be made from the sums deducted for administrative costs as heretofore provided.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 15; 1976 c 166 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.152 — Rules; Advisory Committee.

162.152 RULES; ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Subdivision 1.
Advisory committee membership.
The rules referenced in sections 162.02, subdivision 1, and 162.09, subdivision 1, shall be made and promulgated by the commissioner acting with the advice of a committee selected as follows:
(1) nine members must be selected by the county boards acting through the officers of the statewide association of county commissioners. The committee members shall be selected so that each member is from a different state highway construction district. Not more than five of the nine members shall be county commissioners, and the remaining members shall be county highway engineers; and
(2) 12 members must be selected by the governing bodies of cities, acting through the officers of the statewide association of municipal officials. The committee members shall be selected so that there is one member from each state highway construction district and one member from each city of the first class. Not more than six of the 12 members shall be elected officials of the cities, and the remaining members shall be city engineers.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner's determination.
If agreement cannot be reached on a rule, the commissioner's determination on what rule will be proposed for adoption is final.
Subd. 3.
Rules have force of law.
The rules have the force and effect of law as provided in chapter 14.
Subd. 4.
No expiration.
The committee created in this section does not expire.
History:
2014 c 286 art 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.155 — Rulemaking.

162.155 RULEMAKING.
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules setting forth the criteria to be considered by the commissioner in evaluating requests for variances under sections 162.02, subdivision 3a and 162.09, subdivision 3a. The rules must include, but are not limited to, economic, engineering and safety guidelines.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing the engineering standards for cost estimation under sections 162.07, subdivision 2, and 162.13, subdivision 2.
(c) The rules adopted by the commissioner under this section, and sections 162.02; 162.07, subdivision 2; 162.09; and 162.13, subdivision 2, are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. The rules are subject to section 14.386, except that, notwithstanding paragraph (b) of that section, the rules continue in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule.
History:
1979 c 167 s 6; 2012 c 287 art 3 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems › Section 162.16 — Investment Of Money In State-aid Funds.

162.16
MS 1949 [Repealed, 1951 c 192 s 1]
162.16 INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN STATE-AID FUNDS.
Upon the request of the commissioner, money in the county state-aid highway fund and money in the municipal state-aid street fund shall be invested by the State Board of Investment in those securities authorized for such purpose in section 11A.21. All interest and profits from the investments shall be credited to the fund on which the interest or profits are earned. The commissioner of management and budget shall be the custodian of all securities purchased under the provisions of this section.
History:
1959 c 500 art 3 s 16; 1963 c 567 s 5; 1965 c 113 s 2; 1967 c 404 s 6; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 46; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.01 — Definitions.

163.01
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in section 160.02 shall have the same meanings.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.02 — General Powers Of County Board.

163.02
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.02 GENERAL POWERS OF COUNTY BOARD.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment and supervision.
County highways shall be established, located, relocated, constructed, reconstructed, improved, maintained, revoked, or vacated by the several counties. The several county boards shall have general supervision over county highways, including those highways other than cartways within their respective counties established by judicial authority, and they may appropriate and expend sums of money from their respective county road and bridge funds as they deem necessary for the establishment, location, construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance, or vacation of such highways.
Subd. 2.
Acquisition.
They may acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings as provided by law, all necessary right-of-way for such highways, purchase all necessary road material, machinery, tools, and supplies needed therefor; and may construct buildings or rent, or acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings, grounds and buildings necessary for the storing and housing of such material, machinery, tools, and supplies.
Subd. 3.
Weight and load restrictions.
The county board, or the county engineer if so authorized by the board, may impose weight and load restrictions on any highway under its jurisdiction.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.03 — County Road And Bridge Fund.

163.03
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.03 COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
The county board shall provide and set apart a fund to be known as the county road and bridge fund. Any money remaining in the county-aid road fund of any county may be transferred by the county board to the county road and bridge fund. All warrants for the establishment, location, vacation, construction, reconstruction, improvement, and maintenance of county state-aid highways and county highways and bridges shall be drawn on the county road and bridge fund.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.035 — Bicycle Paths.

163.035 BICYCLE PATHS.
The county board may in the interests of public safety expend road and bridge funds for the construction and maintenance of bicycle paths on road rights-of-way under county jurisdiction.
History:
1974 c 491 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.05 — Taxation.

163.05
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.05 TAXATION.
Subdivision 1.
Levy.
The county board at its July meeting may include in its annual tax levy an amount for the county road and bridge fund.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1973 c 583 s 37]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1973 c 583 s 37; 1973 c 588 s 1]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1973 c 583 s 37]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1973 c 583 s 37]
Subd. 6.
Road and bridge tax is additional.
The taxes provided herein may be additional to the amount permitted by law to be levied for other county purposes.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 5; 1967 c 592 s 1-3; 1973 c 583 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.06 — Taxation In Unorganized Townships.

163.06
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.06 TAXATION IN UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS.
Subdivision 1.
Levy.
The county board of any county in which there are unorganized townships may levy a tax for road and bridge purposes upon all the real and personal property in such unorganized townships.
Subd. 2.
Tax is additional.
The tax, if levied, is additional to the tax which the counties may levy for the county road and bridge funds and is additional to the amount permitted by law to be levied for other county purposes. The tax may be levied on any or all unorganized townships within a county, provided that no such tax shall be levied on only a part of an unorganized township within a county.
Subd. 3.
Extending tax levy.
If any county deems it desirable to levy such a tax, it may at the time it levies the county taxes, by resolution reciting such fact, determine the amount so to be levied in each unorganized township for the current year. It shall be the duty of the county auditor to extend the tax so levied upon the tax books of the county, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes for county purposes are extended as to property in such unorganized townships, and the tax shall be collected and payment thereof enforced at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes on such property and with like penalties for nonpayment at the time prescribed by law.
Subd. 4.
Separate fund.
The tax collected from each unorganized township shall be set apart in a separate fund in the county treasury, and each shall be designated as the road and bridge fund of the unorganized township from which the tax was collected.
Subd. 5.
Purposes of fund expenditures.
Except as hereinafter provided, each fund shall be expended under the direction of the county board for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of roads and bridges in the unorganized township for which the fund was designated. If so requested by petition signed by a majority of the resident taxpayers of any unorganized township, the county board may expend all or part of the road and bridge fund of the unorganized township upon roads or bridges in an adjoining organized or unorganized township.
Subd. 6.
Expenditure in certain counties.
In any county having not less than 95 nor more than 105 full and fractional townships, and having an estimated market value of not less than $12,000,000 nor more than $21,000,000, the county board, by resolution, may expend the funds provided in subdivision 4 in any organized town or unorganized territory or portion thereof in such county.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 6; 1973 c 583 s 12; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 6; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 21; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.08 — Consulting Engineer.

163.08
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.08 CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Upon request of the county highway engineer the county board of any county is authorized to employ and engage the services of registered professional engineers to act as consultants in connection with, and to prepare plans and specifications themselves or by their organization and employees for the construction of roads and bridges on county and county state-aid highways, and the county board is authorized to negotiate for and agree upon the terms and compensation for such employment and service.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.09 — Payment For Labor And Equipment.

163.09
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.09 PAYMENT FOR LABOR AND EQUIPMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Payroll system.
The county board of any county may adopt a payroll system for the payment of claims for labor, whether skilled or unskilled, employed by the county in any capacity in connection with the construction or maintenance of highways within the county and for the payment of claims of persons who have furnished tractors, trucks, teams, wagons, plows, scrapers, or any other equipment for the performance of work on the highways. The payroll shall be in such forms and supported by such records as the state auditor prescribes. It shall contain the name and rate of pay of each claimant together with the total amount of each claim.
Subd. 2.
Payroll preparation and certification; payment.
The payroll shall be prepared by the county engineer either monthly or semimonthly as directed by the county board. The county highway engineer shall certify it as being true and correct and shall present it to the county auditor for payment. It shall thereupon be lawful for the county auditor and county treasurer to pay the claims as set forth in the payroll without allowance therefor by the county board. Upon presentation to the county auditor of the payroll, the auditor shall forthwith issue to the several claimants whose names appear therein a warrant in payment of their respective claims.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 9; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.111 — Drainage Facility, Vacation.

163.111 DRAINAGE FACILITY, VACATION.
On consideration of a petition for vacation of a county highway, the county board shall determine whether the lateral ditches of said highway are essential for surface drainage of adjacent lands, or for drainage of public highways, in the area. If the board finds that preservation of such drainage facilities is for the general health and welfare of the public, then the board may cause the highway to be vacated with a provision that the county shall retain the right of access for the purpose of maintaining such drainage facilities. An owner of land adjacent to the vacated portion of the highway shall not interfere with the functioning of such drainage facilities.
History:
1967 c 723 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.13 — Petition For Highway Or Portage.

163.13
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.13 PETITION FOR HIGHWAY OR PORTAGE.
Subdivision 1.
Contents of petition.
Any person who owns real estate in a county may petition the county board to establish, alter, or vacate a county highway or portage. The petition shall set forth the beginning, course, and termination of the highway or portage with reasonable definiteness. It shall be filed with the county auditor and shall be considered at the next regular county board meeting. The board shall hear all interested persons at that meeting or at such continued meetings as the board deems necessary.
Subd. 2.
Resolution of county board, procedure.
After investigating the matters contained in the petition, and after hearing all interested persons, the board, by resolution, shall make its determination. If it determines to grant the petition it shall proceed as provided in section 163.11 or as provided in section 163.12.
Subd. 3.
Appeal.
If the board denies the petition, any person aggrieved thereby, within 30 days after the denial, may appeal to the district court of the county by filing a notice of appeal with the court administrator of the district court, together with a bond of not less than $250, with sufficient surety approved by the judge or by the county auditor, conditioned to pay all costs arising from the appeal in case the determination of the board is sustained. A copy of the notice of appeal shall be served on the county auditor.
Subd. 4.
Trial.
The appeal shall be entered upon the calendar for trial at the next general term of the court occurring more than 20 days after the appeal is perfected. The determination of the board shall not be reversed except upon a showing of arbitrary, capricious or fraudulent action. The prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and disbursements to be fixed and allowed as in other civil cases.
Subd. 5.
Board procedure on reversal.
If the determination of the board is reversed, it shall proceed in accordance with the decision of the court.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 13; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.14 — Joint County Agreement On Costs Of Shared Highway.

163.14
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.14 JOINT COUNTY AGREEMENT ON COSTS OF SHARED HIGHWAY.
Subdivision 1.
Joint resolution.
The county boards of two or more counties by joint resolution, may establish, alter, improve, or vacate a county highway running into or through such counties or running on or along the line between such counties.
Subd. 2.
Agreement for division of costs.
Such county boards, in behalf of their respective counties, may enter into agreements with each other providing for an equitable division of the costs to be borne by each for the right-of-way, construction, improvement, or vacation of the highway. If the agreement provides for the establishment or alteration of a highway, the agreement may provide for the letting of a joint construction contract covering all or part of the work to be performed on the highway.
Subd. 3.
Procedure.
The joint resolution shall contain the same matters required in section 163.11, subdivision 2. Upon passage of the joint resolution the boards shall thereafter proceed in the manner and subject to the same review provided in section 163.11 or as provided in section 163.12.
Subd. 4.
Maintenance.
Each county shall maintain the portion of the highway lying within its boundaries. If the highway runs along the line between the counties, the county boards may enter into an agreement providing for the maintenance by each county of specified portions of the highway. The highway shall thereafter be maintained in accordance with the agreement.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.15 — Bridge Across Diversion Channel.

163.15
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.15 BRIDGE ACROSS DIVERSION CHANNEL.
Whenever any county has been authorized by the commissioner of natural resources to divert the channel of a navigable stream for the purpose of improving a county road and the board of commissioners of such county has by resolution ordered diversion of the navigable stream across private property so that the stream and the channel thereof when so diverted deprives the owner of the private property of access to the county road, the owner of the private property may grant to the county a perpetual easement for road purposes across that private property commencing at a point 50 feet distant from the relocated or diversion channel, thence crossing the relocated or diversion channel and intersecting the county road so to be improved; and the road easement shall extend for a distance of two rods on each side of the centerline thereof and be and remain a public road. The county shall forthwith establish and construct a highway upon the strip of land pursuant to law, build a suitable bridge, including approaches thereto, across the channel, and at public expense thenceforth maintain the road and bridge so established in a safe condition so as to afford the owner of the private property access to the improved county road.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 15; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.161 — Impassable City Thoroughfare.

163.161 IMPASSABLE CITY THOROUGHFARE.
When a written complaint signed by five or more landowners of a statutory city of not more than 5,000 population is presented to the county board stating that a city thoroughfare located outside an urban area as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 90, has not been properly maintained and because of the improper maintenance is not reasonably passable, the county board shall consider and act upon the complaint in the same manner provided for a complaint under section 163.16.
History:
1986 c 454 s 9; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 163 — County Highways › Section 163.17 — Drainage System Affecting Highway; Alteration.

163.17
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
163.17 DRAINAGE SYSTEM AFFECTING HIGHWAY; ALTERATION.
Upon the filing of a resolution by the county board of any county with the county auditor, in the case of a public ditch system lying wholly within a county, or with the court administrator of the district court having jurisdiction over said ditch in the case of a ditch system affecting two or more counties, therein setting forth that it would be advantageous or desirable in the construction or maintenance of a highway under the jurisdiction of the county to make a minor alteration or change in a public ditch system directly affecting the highway, and that the alteration or change will not affect the functioning or efficiency of the ditch system, it shall be the duty of the auditor, or the clerk with the approval of the judge, to fix a time and place for hearing thereon and to give notice of hearing by publication as defined by section 103E.005, subdivision 24. Upon the filing of the resolution, the board shall also cause to be filed a plan showing in detail the alteration or change therein described. If upon the hearing it shall appear to the county board or district court that the alteration or change in the public ditch system will not affect or impair the efficiency of the ditch system, the board or court shall make its order authorizing the county to cause the alteration or change to be made. Upon the making of the order by the county board or the court, the county board may proceed at the sole cost and expense of the county to make the alterations or changes as may be in the order allowed; damages, if any, occasioned thereby being first duly paid or secured by the county. Upon completion of the alteration or change, the county board shall cause to be filed with the auditor or court administrator a map and profile drawn to scale showing thereon the change or alteration made. If the map and profile be filed with the court administrator, duplicates thereof shall also be filed with the auditor of each county affected. Upon the completion of the alteration or change herein provided for, the ditch shall thereafter include the alteration or change as part thereof with the same force and effect as though it had been originally so constructed and established.
History:
1959 c 500 art 4 s 17; 1985 c 172 s 126; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 31
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.01 — Definitions.

164.01
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in section 160.02 shall have the same meanings.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.02 — Town Roads.

164.02
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.02 TOWN ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment and supervision.
Town roads shall be established, located, relocated, constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained, or vacated by the several towns. The town boards shall have supervision over town roads, and they may employ such persons as they deem necessary to carry out their duties. They may appropriate and expend such sums of money from their respective town road and bridge funds as they deem necessary for the establishment, location, relocation, construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance, or vacation of such roads. Subject to sections 88.16, 88.17, and 88.22, maintenance may include town ordinances to regulate the burning of vegetation on town road rights-of-way. The ordinance shall set forth limits and conditions on burning to minimize the danger of fire escaping. A town adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section shall submit a copy of the ordinance to the Department of Natural Resources.
Subd. 2.
Acquisition.
They may acquire by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings, as provided by law, all necessary right-of-way for such roads, purchase all necessary road material, purchase or rent machinery, tools, and supplies needed therefor, and may construct buildings, or rent or acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation grounds and buildings necessary for the storing and housing of the material, machinery, tools, and supplies.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 2; 1974 c 161 s 9; 1989 c 180 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.03 — Expenditures For Roads.

164.03
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 300 s 1]
164.03 EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Aid for county highway or county state-aid highway.
When authorized by a vote of the electors at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, the town board of any town may appropriate money from the town road and bridge fund to aid in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of any county highway or county state-aid highway located within the town.
Subd. 2.
Appropriation to county for use on town roads.
When authorized by the electors, and with the consent of the county board, the town board may appropriate money to the county from the town road and bridge fund for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of town roads designated by the town board.
Subd. 3.
Specific uses of money appropriated.
Any money so appropriated shall be paid into the county road and bridge fund and shall be used only for the purposes designated by the town board at the time it made such appropriation.
Subd. 4.
Report.
The town board shall render to the annual town meeting a written report containing:
(1) the amount of road taxes levied and the amount collected during the preceding year and all money paid into the road and bridge fund from all other sources;
(2) a statement of the improvements needed on roads, cartways, and bridges for the ensuing year, with an estimate of their probable expense;
(3) a statement of all expenses and damages occasioned by establishing, altering, or vacating roads and of all sums expended for machinery, implements, tools, stone, gravel, and other material during the year, with an estimate of the amount required for ensuing year; and
(4) a statement of the improvements made on roads, cartways, and bridges during the preceding year, with a statement of expenditures therefor.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 3; 1993 c 25 s 1