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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.122 — Courts To Report.

156.122 COURTS TO REPORT.
The court administrator shall report to the board a judgment or finding by a court that a person regulated by the board:
(1) is a person who is mentally ill, chemically dependent, mentally ill and dangerous to the public, or is a sexual psychopathic personality or sexually dangerous person under chapter 253B or other applicable law;
(2) is guilty of a felony or gross misdemeanor; violation of a law involving the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance; or operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; or
(3) is in need of a guardian under sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502.
History:
1996 c 415 s 22; 2002 c 221 s 10; 2004 c 146 art 3 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.123 — Cooperation Required.

156.123 COOPERATION REQUIRED.
A regulated person who is the subject of an investigation, or who is questioned in connection with an investigation, by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Requests must be consistent with the nature and seriousness of the conduct being investigated. Cooperation includes responding fully and promptly to questions raised by or on behalf of the board relating to the subject of the investigation, providing copies of client and other records in the regulated person's possession relating to the matter under investigation as requested by the board, assisting the board in its investigation which includes executing releases for records as requested by the board, and appearing at disciplinary or educational conferences scheduled by the board.
History:
1996 c 415 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.124 — Immunity.

156.124 IMMUNITY.
Any licensee of the board, person, agency, institution, facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability for submitting a report in good faith to the board under this section or for otherwise reporting to the board violations or alleged violations of section 156.081 or any of the board's regulatory provisions, or for cooperating with an investigation of a report.
History:
1996 c 415 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.126 — Temporary Suspension Of License.

156.126 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the board, acting through its executive director and one or more designated board members without a hearing, may temporarily suspend the license of a regulated person if the executive director and one or more designated board members finds that the regulated person has violated a statute or rule that the board is empowered to enforce and continued practice by the regulated person would create an imminent risk of harm to others. The suspension is in effect upon service of a written temporary suspension order on the regulated person specifying the statute or rule violated. Service of the temporary suspension order is effective upon personal service or service by first class mail upon the regulated person or counsel at the regulated person's or counsel's last known address. The temporary order remains in effect until the board issues an order after a limited hearing described in this subdivision or upon agreement between the board and the regulated person. Within ten days of service of the temporary suspension order, the board shall conduct a limited hearing before its own members on the sole issue of whether there is a reasonable basis for the temporary suspension order to remain in effect. Both parties shall be given an opportunity to present evidence and oral argument at the hearing. Within five business days after the hearing, the board shall issue an order and, if the temporary suspension is to remain in effect, initiate a contested case hearing to be commenced within 45 days after service of the order. The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30 days after closing the contested case hearing record. The board shall issue a final order within 30 days after receiving the administrative law judge's report.
History:
1996 c 415 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.127 — Forms Of Disciplinary Action.

156.127 FORMS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Subdivision 1.
Board action.
When grounds exist under section 156.081, or other statute or rule which the board is authorized to enforce, the board may take one or more of the following disciplinary actions:
(1) deny an application for a license;
(2) revoke the regulated person's license;
(3) suspend the regulated person's license;
(4) impose limitations on the regulated person's license;
(5) impose conditions on the regulated person's license;
(6) censure or reprimand, publicly or privately, the regulated person;
(7) impose an administrative penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each separate violation, the amount of the penalty to be fixed so as to deprive the person of any economic advantage gained by reason of the violation, to discourage similar violations, or to reimburse the board for the cost of the investigation and proceeding including, but not limited to, fees paid for services provided by the Office of Administrative Hearings, legal and investigative services provided by the Office of the Attorney General, court reporter services, witnesses, reproduction of records, board members' per diem compensation, board staff time, and board and staff expenses; or
(8) take any other action justified by the facts of the case.
Subd. 2.
Agreement.
When grounds exist under section 156.081, or other statute or rule which the board is authorized to enforce, the executive director and complaint committee may enter into an agreement with the regulated person for corrective action which may include requiring the regulated person:
(1) to complete an educational course or activity;
(2) to submit to the executive director or designated board member a written protocol or reports designed to prevent future violations of the same kind;
(3) to meet with a board member or board designee to discuss prevention of future violations of the same kind;
(4) to perform other action justified by the facts; or
(5) to cease performing specific acts or procedures justified by the facts.
The listing of these measures in this subdivision does not preclude a board from including the measures in an order for disciplinary action.
Subd. 3.
Disciplinary action and reinstatement fee.
Upon reinstating a regulated person's license or granting an applicant's license, the board may, at its discretion, impose any disciplinary action, cost, or penalty listed in subdivision 1, as well as any reinstatement fee.
Subd. 4.
Annual publication of disciplinary actions.
At least annually, the board may publish and make available to the public a description of all public disciplinary action taken by the board. The publication must include, for each disciplinary action taken, the name and the business address of the regulated person, and the form of disciplinary action taken by the board.
History:
1996 c 415 s 27; 2003 c 66 s 11,12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.13 — Penalties, How Recovered.

156.13 PENALTIES, HOW RECOVERED.
The penalties prescribed in this chapter may be recovered in a civil case instituted by the Board of Veterinary Medicine in the name of the state or by a criminal prosecution upon complaint being made. In case any county attorney shall omit or refuse to conduct such civil action or such criminal prosecution, the board may employ another attorney for that purpose.
History:
(5851-13) 1937 c 119 s 13; 1975 c 271 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.14 — Expenses.

156.14 EXPENSES.
The expenses of administering sections 156.001 to 156.14 shall be paid from the appropriations made to the state Board of Veterinary Medicine.
History:
(5851-14) 1937 c 119 s 14; 1965 c 204 s 12; 1973 c 638 s 41; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 131
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.15 — Cease And Desist Orders.

156.15 CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
Subdivision 1.
Issuance.
In addition to the remedies and procedures applicable to the health-related licensing board provided in chapter 214, the board's complaint review committee, on behalf of the board, may issue and have served upon a person an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine, or from violating or threatening to violate a statute, rule, or order which the board has authority to enforce. The order must be calculated to give reasonable notice of the rights of the person to request a hearing and must state the reasons for the entry of the order.
Subd. 2.
Service.
Service of an order under this section is effective if the order is served on the person or counsel of record personally or by United States mail to the most recent address provided to the board for the person or counsel of record.
Subd. 3.
Hearing.
Unless otherwise agreed by the complaint review committee and the person requesting the hearing, the hearing must be held no later than 30 days after the written request for the hearing is received by the complaint review committee.
Subd. 4.
Report; further order.
The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30 days of the close of the contested case hearing record. Within 30 days after receiving the report and any exceptions to it, the board shall issue a further order vacating, modifying, or making permanent the cease and desist order as the facts require.
Subd. 5.
Finality; effect.
If no hearing is requested within 30 days of service of the order, the order becomes final and remains in effect until it is modified or vacated by the board.
Subd. 6.
Default proceeding.
If the person to whom a cease and desist order is issued fails to appear at the hearing after being duly notified, the person is in default and the proceeding may be determined against that person upon consideration of the cease and desist order, the allegations of which may be considered to be true.
History:
2001 c 108 s 1; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.17 — Possession Prohibited.

156.17 POSSESSION PROHIBITED.
A person may not possess a veterinary prescription drug unless the person is a licensed veterinarian or pharmacist, a bona fide employee of a veterinarian acting in the course of that employment, a client holding a veterinary prescription drug by or on the order of a veterinarian, a manufacturer or wholesaler of veterinary drugs, an animal health researcher, or a person performing official state or federal regulatory duties.
History:
1989 c 314 s 5; 1996 c 415 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.19 — Extra-label Use.

156.19 EXTRA-LABEL USE.
A person, other than a veterinarian or an employee of a veterinarian, must not make extra-label use of a veterinary drug in or on a food-producing animal, unless permitted by the prescription of a veterinarian. A veterinarian may prescribe the extra-label use of a drug if:
(1) the veterinarian makes a careful medical diagnosis within the context of a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship;
(2) the veterinarian determines that there is no marketed drug specifically labeled to treat the condition diagnosed, or that drug therapy as recommended by the labeling has, in the judgment of the attending veterinarian, been found to be clinically ineffective;
(3) the veterinarian recommends procedures to ensure that the identity of the treated animal will be carefully maintained;
(4) the veterinarian prescribes a significantly extended time period for drug withdrawal before marketing meat, milk, or eggs; and
(5) the veterinarian has met the criteria established in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 530, which define the extra-label use of medication in or on animals.
History:
1989 c 314 s 7; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 156 — Veterinarians › Section 156.20 — Inspections And Samples.

156.20 INSPECTIONS AND SAMPLES.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
To enforce sections 156.16 to 156.19, a veterinarian must allow authorized representatives of the Board of Veterinary Medicine, after receiving allegations of a violation of sections 156.16 to 156.19 and upon presenting appropriate credentials to the veterinarian in charge, to:
(1) enter premises in which veterinary drugs are held for distribution in Minnesota at reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner;
(2) inspect pertinent records, equipment, materials, containers, and facilities bearing on whether veterinary drugs are in compliance with sections 156.16 to 156.19; and
(3) collect samples.
Subd. 2.
Limits on inspection.
An inspection authorized by this section may not extend to financial information, pricing information, personnel information, or sales information other than shipment information. An inspection must be started and completed with reasonable promptness.
History:
1989 c 314 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 157 — Food, Beverage, And Lodging Establishments › Section 157.011 — Rules.

157.011 RULES.
Subdivision 1.
Establishments.
The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing standards for food and beverage service establishments, hotels, motels, lodging establishments, and resorts.
Subd. 2.
Certification of food service managers.
The commissioner shall:
(1) adopt rules for certification requirements for managers of food service operations; and
(2) establish in rule, criteria for training and certification.
Subd. 3.
Rule exemption.
Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, no food establishment shall be required to acquire equipment or change construction solely because ownership of the food establishment has been transferred.
History:
1995 c 165 s 11; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 46; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 42
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 157 — Food, Beverage, And Lodging Establishments › Section 157.177 — Sex Trafficking Prevention Training.

157.177 SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
"Sex trafficking" has the meaning given in section 609.321, subdivision 7a.
Subd. 2.
Prevention training required.
(a) Following initial approval of a training program pursuant to paragraph (c), every person, firm, or corporation that operates a hotel or motel in Minnesota shall ensure that each employee who works on site, including but not limited to any owner, operator, or manager, receives the training described in paragraph (c) within the later of 90 days of the time of hire or 120 days of August 1, 2018, and annually thereafter. The operator of each hotel or motel shall annually certify, in an employee roster or in each employee's personnel file, that each employee has received the training approved by the commissioner.
(b) In addition to the training required under paragraph (a), the operator of each hotel and motel shall conduct an ongoing awareness campaign for employees that addresses the components described in paragraph (c).
(c) No later than November 1, 2018, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the state hotel and lodging association, approve an educational training program that focuses on the accurate and prompt identification and reporting of, or response to, suspected sex trafficking. The commissioner shall allow the use of existing training modules and materials, to the extent possible. Training must include, at a minimum, instruction on:
(1) what sex trafficking is in order to raise awareness of it;
(2) how to recognize potential victims of sex trafficking;
(3) how to identify activities commonly associated with sex trafficking; and
(4) effective responses to trafficking situations including, but not limited to, how to report suspected sex trafficking to proper law enforcement officials.
(d) Each operator must post and maintain a poster, written or approved by the commissioner and containing information described in paragraph (c), in a place readily accessible to each employee who works on site.
(e) Any cost incurred for the training program shall be the responsibility of the licensee.
Subd. 3.
Exemptions.
The training requirements in subdivision 2 do not apply to employees who:
(1) are under the age of 16 years unless they clean guest rooms;
(2) work exclusively in a restaurant, providing catering services, or both; or
(3) do not have direct contact with either guests or guest rooms.
Subd. 4.
Immunity.
An operator or employee of a hotel or motel who acts in good faith is immune from liability in any civil action for reporting suspected sex trafficking activities.
Subd. 5.
Enforcement.
A hotel or motel operator who fails to provide the prevention training required by subdivision 2 shall be given six months to comply with an order issued pursuant to section 157.20, subdivision 3, for a first violation.
History:
2018 c 179 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 144 - 159 — Health › Chapter 157 — Food, Beverage, And Lodging Establishments › Section 157.21 — Inspection Records.

157.21 INSPECTION RECORDS.
The commissioner shall keep inspection records for all food and beverage service establishments, hotels, motels, lodging establishments, and resorts, together with the name of the owner and operator.
History:
1995 c 207 art 9 s 47; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 60
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.01 — Scope Of Chapters 160 To 165.

160.01
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.01 SCOPE OF CHAPTERS 160 TO 165.
Subdivision 1.
Designation.
For the purposes of chapters 160 to 165 the roads of this state shall be designated and referred to as trunk highways, county state-aid highways, municipal state-aid streets, county highways, and town roads. They shall be established, located, constructed, reconstructed, improved, and maintained as provided in chapters 160 to 165 and acts amendatory thereto.
Subd. 2.
Certain streets excluded.
The provisions of chapters 160 to 165 do not relate to highways or streets established by, or under the complete jurisdiction of cities except when the provisions refer specifically to such highways or streets.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.03 — Compensation For Public Property.

160.03
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.03 COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Whenever public property is taken, damaged, or destroyed for highway purposes, just compensation shall be paid therefor.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.04 — Width Of Roads.

160.04
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.04 WIDTH OF ROADS.
Except as otherwise provided, all roads hereafter established, except cartways, shall be at least four rods wide. Additional right-of-way and easements, including easements needed for drainage, may be acquired by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings when necessary for construction, maintenance, safety, or convenient public travel. The necessity for such additional right-of-way and easements shall be determined by the road authority having jurisdiction over the particular road involved.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.05 — Dedication Of Roads.

160.05
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.05 DEDICATION OF ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Six years.
(a) When any road or portion of a road has been used and kept in repair and worked for at least six years continuously as a public highway by a road authority, it shall be deemed dedicated to the public to the width of the actual use and be and remain, until lawfully vacated, a public highway whether it has ever been established as a public highway or not. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall impair the right, title, or interest of the water department of any city of the first class secured under Special Laws 1885, chapter 110. This subdivision shall apply to roads and streets except platted streets within cities. If a road authority fails to give the notice required by paragraph (b), this subdivision does not apply.
(b) Before a road authority may make any repairs or conduct any work on a private road as defined by section 169.011, subdivision 57, the road authority must notify the owner of the road of the intent to make repairs or conduct work on the private road. The notice must be sent to the owner by certified mail. The notice must specify the segment of road that is the subject of the notice and state the duration of the repairs or work. The notice must include the following: "Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 160.05, your private road may be deemed to be dedicated to the public if the following conditions are met for six continuous years: (1) the road is used by the public; and (2) the road is repaired or worked on by a road authority. This means that the road will no longer be a private road but will be a public road. You will not receive compensation from the road authority when the road is dedicated to the public."
Subd. 2.
MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 68 art 5 s 55]
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1982 c 424 s 40; 1984 c 562 s 5; 2020 c 100 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.06 — Trail Or Portage Dedication.

160.06
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.06 TRAIL OR PORTAGE DEDICATION.
Any trail or portage between public or navigable bodies of water or from public or navigable water to a public highway in this state that has been in continued and uninterrupted use by the general public for 15 years or more as a trail or portage for the purposes of travel, is deemed to have been dedicated to the public as a trail or portage. This section applies only to forest trails on established canoe routes and the public has the right to use the same for travel to the same extent as public highways. The width of all trails and portages dedicated by user is eight feet on each side of the centerline of the trail or portage.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 6; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 82; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 141
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.07 — Improvements Within Or Without Boundaries.

160.07
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.07 IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN OR WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.
The road authority of any county, town or city may appropriate and expend such reasonable sums as it may deem proper to assist in the improvement and maintenance of roads, bridges, or ferries lying beyond the boundary of and leading into such county, town or city.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.09 — Change Or Vacation Of Local Road.

160.09
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.09 CHANGE OR VACATION OF LOCAL ROAD.
Subdivision 1.
Change in location.
When the road authority of a county or town changes the location of a highway or road under its jurisdiction, the old road shall remain open until the new road is opened for travel. The old road or any portion thereof shall not revert to the abutting owners until vacated by the road authority in accordance with the law.
Subd. 2.
Old roads remain open.
When the new road does not provide access to property whose only means of access was the old road, then and in that event, the portion of the old road providing the access shall remain open for travel and shall be maintained by the county or town road authority until other means of access are provided after which it may be vacated as provided by law.
Subd. 3.
Local road not vacated in certain cases.
When a county highway or town road is the only means of access to any property or properties containing an area or combined area of five acres or more, the highway or road shall not be vacated without the consent of the property owner unless other means of access are provided.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.095 — Designation Of Minimum-maintenance Roads.

160.095 DESIGNATION OF MINIMUM-MAINTENANCE ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Resolution.
A road authority, other than the commissioner, may by resolution designate a road under its jurisdiction as a minimum-maintenance road if it determines that the road or road segment is used only occasionally or intermittently for passenger and commercial travel. The resolution must identify the beginning and end points of the road being designated. After adopting the resolution, the road authority must post signs on the road to notify the motoring public that it is a minimum-maintenance road and that the public travels on the road at its own risk. A road authority must notify the road authorities of adjoining jurisdictions of designations under this section.
If an affected road or road segment runs along a county or town line, the designation applies only to that part of the road that is under the jurisdiction of the road authority adopting the resolution.
Subd. 2.
Signs.
Designation of a minimum-maintenance road is effective on the erection of the signs required under this section. The signs shall be posted at entry points to and at regular intervals along a minimum-maintenance road. 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 minimum-maintenance road has been given to the motoring public.
Subd. 3.
Limitations.
A trunk highway may not be designated as a minimum-maintenance road. A road may not be designated a minimum-maintenance road if federal-state aid to Minnesota will be reduced as a result. A road authority may not acquire additional right-of-way or easement by eminent domain or otherwise without the consent of the landowner, for the purpose of constructing or designating a minimum-maintenance road, except where necessary for drainage or public safety.
Subd. 4.
Liability.
A minimum-maintenance road may be maintained at a level less than the minimum-maintenance standards required for state-aid highways, roads, and streets, but must be maintained at the level required to serve the occasional or intermittent traffic. Where a road has been designated by resolution as a minimum-maintenance road and signs have been posted under subdivision 2, the road authority with jurisdiction over the road, and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to person or property arising from travel on the minimum-maintenance road and related to its maintenance or condition. Nothing in this section shall exempt a road authority from its duty to maintain bridges under chapter 165 or other applicable law.
History:
1985 c 215 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.11 — Materials For Building Roads.

160.11
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.11 MATERIALS FOR BUILDING ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Acquisition of lands.
When the commissioner of transportation, any county board, town board, or governing body of any city, each hereinafter referred to as road authority, shall deem it necessary for the purpose of building or repairing public roads or streets within its jurisdiction, it may procure by lease, purchase, gift, or condemnation in the manner provided by law any lands within the state containing any materials suitable for road or street purposes, together with the right-of-way to the same of sufficient width to allow trucks or other vehicles to pass, and on the most practicable route to the nearest public road or street.
Subd. 2.
Sale by road authorities, authority.
Any such road authority may engage in the processing of crushed rock or other road- or street-building material for use on public roads or streets within its jurisdiction; and any such road authority may by agreement sell to any other road authority any rock, crushed rock, processed sand or gravel, unprocessed or pit-run sand or gravel, or other earth material suitable for road or street purposes, upon terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, except that the commissioner of transportation shall not sell processed gravel, processed sand, or crushed rock.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1971 c 290 s 3]
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 11; 1965 c 836 s 1; 1971 c 290 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.12 — Temporary Roads Around Construction.

160.12
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.12 TEMPORARY ROADS AROUND CONSTRUCTION.
When a road authority determines that construction or maintenance work on a public highway under its jurisdiction requires a temporary road around the portion of the highway under construction or maintenance, the road authority may by order or resolution establish and construct a temporary road adequate for such purpose and procure the necessary right-of-way therefor in the manner provided by law.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.13 — Lighting And Marking Highways.

160.13
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.13 LIGHTING AND MARKING HIGHWAYS.
Road authorities may light or mark highways and appurtenances thereon and may install other safety devices as they deem necessary in the interests of safety and convenient public travel.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.14 — Marking Boundaries Of Highways.

160.14
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.14 MARKING BOUNDARIES OF HIGHWAYS.
Subdivision 1.
Placing marking devices.
Road authorities may place and shall thereafter preserve and maintain suitable monuments or other marking devices in such manner as to clearly indicate the boundary lines of highways. The commissioner is authorized to engage the services of registered land surveyors to perform land survey work as required for location or reestablishment of section corners, establishment of the boundary of highway right-of-way together with boundary monumentation. If the commissioner employs and engages a registered land surveyor for such work the land surveyor shall be in responsible charge of the work performed by the surveyor's employees in connection with the assignment. The location of the boundary markings may be described by course distance and bearing or delineated in the same manner on a plat or map showing location of said marking devices and filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the highways are located.
Subd. 2.
Service of notice upon abutting land owners.
The road authority shall serve written notice of such markings upon abutting land owners within 30 days after the placement of the marking devices. Unless written objections are served and filed within one year thereafter, as hereinafter provided, the boundary lines of the highways as marked shall be final and conclusive.
Subd. 3.
Reservation of rights of abutting owners.
Within one year after the notice, any abutting owner may serve upon the road authority signed written objections to the highway boundaries as marked, specifying wherein the owner believes the boundaries as marked to be in error. A copy thereof executed in accordance with section 507.24 shall be filed with the county recorder in the county where the highway is located. The service and filing of the objections shall preserve the rights of the abutting owner in and to the land in controversy until the boundaries of the highway are judicially determined or until agreed to by the abutting owner and the road authority.
Subd. 4.
Judicial determination.
Within 12 months after the service and filing of the objections, the road authority or the abutting owner shall serve and file a note of issue with the court administrator of the district court in the county in which the land is located. The court shall determine the correctness of the placing of the monuments or marking devices. Except as herein otherwise provided the procedure shall be governed by the rules governing civil actions. When the matters shall have been finally determined, the location of such monuments or markers shall be in accordance with the court decree and the determination of the location shall be final. A copy of the court decree shall be filed by the road authority with the county recorder.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 14; 1969 c 208 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.15 — Preserving Section Or Quarter-section Corners.

160.15
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.15 PRESERVING SECTION OR QUARTER-SECTION CORNERS.
Subdivision 1.
Perpetuation of corners.
Whenever the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of a public street or highway causes the destruction or obliteration of a public land survey corner marker or monument, the road authority having jurisdiction over the highway or street shall provide for the perpetuation of the corners and placement of corner monuments, corner markers, reference monuments, or witness monuments by a land surveyor licensed under chapter 326. A certificate of location of government corner shall be prepared in accordance with section 381.12.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2015 c 7 s 15]
Subd. 3.
Time of placement; tie objects of durable material.
Reference ties evidencing the location of the public land survey corner shall be established by a land surveyor licensed under chapter 326 before the obliteration of the corner in at least three places if practicable and shall consist of objects of durable material. If it is not practicable to establish three reference ties, two must be established.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2015 c 7 s 15]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 2015 c 7 s 15]
Subd. 6.
Cost of placing markers.
The cost of placing the markers and monuments, including filing fees, must be paid out of the respective funds provided by law, or set aside for highway or street purposes.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 15; 1971 c 598 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2004 c 154 s 1; 2005 c 99 s 1; 2015 c 7 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.16 — Warning Signs And Detour Signs.

160.16
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.16 WARNING SIGNS AND DETOUR SIGNS.
Subdivision 1.
Contract to provide for warning signs.
Whenever the road authorities enter into a contract for the construction or improvement of any road, culvert, or bridge thereon they shall, as a condition of the contract, provide therein that the contractor shall place suitable warning signs at the highways intersecting the road so to be constructed or improved warning the public that the road under construction or improvement is impassable at a designated place or distance from the warning sign. The signs shall be placed at such places as will obviate unnecessary travel by persons not otherwise aware of the impassable condition of the roads. Nothing in the provisions of chapters 160 to 165 shall make any town, county, or the state liable in damages for the failure of the road authorities to provide in any contract for the erection of a warning sign as is herein provided for, or the failure of any contractor to erect same in accordance herewith.
Subd. 2.
Contractor to place detour signs.
The contractor, lead supervisor, or person in charge of work or repairs on any public road shall, when the doing of the work or repairs necessitates the closing of a part of the road to traffic, post signs stating that the road is under repair and describing the direction and distance of the detour necessary to avoid the part of the road being repaired. The signs shall be posted at the intersection of the road under repair with the road to be traveled while detouring and at appropriate intervals along the road.
Subd. 3.
Barricades.
The road authorities may also provide, by contract or otherwise, for the erection of barricades, fences or other obstructions so as to prevent traffic from entering any impassable section of road or a section closed to public travel.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 16; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.165 — Mitigating Transportation Project Impacts On Business.

160.165 MITIGATING TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IMPACTS ON BUSINESS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
(1) "project" means construction work to maintain, construct, reconstruct, or improve a street or highway or for a rail transit project;
(2) "substantial business impacts" means impairment of road access, parking, or visibility for one or more business establishments as a result of a project, for a minimum period of one month; and
(3) "transportation authority" means the commissioner, as to trunk highways; the county board, as to county state-aid highways and county highways; the town board, as to town roads; statutory or home rule charter cities, as to city streets; the Metropolitan Council, for rail transit projects located entirely within the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2; and the commissioner, for all other rail transit projects.
Subd. 2.
Business liaison.
(a) Before beginning construction work on a project, a transportation authority shall identify whether the project is anticipated to include substantial business impacts. For such projects, the transportation authority shall designate an individual to serve as business liaison between the transportation authority and affected businesses.
(b) The business liaison shall consult with affected businesses before and during construction to investigate means of mitigating project impacts to businesses. The mitigation considered must include signage. The business liaison shall provide information to the identified businesses before and during construction, concerning project duration and timetables, lane and road closures, detours, access impacts, customer parking impacts, visibility, noise, dust, vibration, and public participation opportunities.
Subd. 3.
MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 25 s 190]
History:
2009 c 36 art 3 s 2; 2010 c 351 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.17 — Road Construction Contracts; Counties And Towns.

160.17
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.17 ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; COUNTIES AND TOWNS.
Subdivision 1.
Plans and specifications filed.
No contract for the construction or improvement of any road by a county or town in which the contract price exceeds the amount for which sealed bids are required as provided in section 471.345 shall be let unless the plans and specifications for the construction or improvement of the county or county state-aid highway are on file in the office of the county auditor and a true copy of them available for reference in the office of the county highway engineer, and the plans and specifications for the construction or improvement of the town road are on file with the town clerk.
Subd. 2.
Advertisement for bids.
No county or town road contract for construction or improvement exceeding the amount for which sealed bids are required as provided in section 471.345 shall be let without first advertising for bids in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the construction or improvement is proposed to be done. The advertisement shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in the case of a county contract and two successive weeks in the case of a town contract, the last publication to be made at least ten days before the time fixed for receiving bids and letting the contract. It shall specify, generally, the work to be done, the place where the plans and specifications are on file, and the time and place of receiving bids and awarding the contract.
Subd. 2a.
Best-value alternative.
As an alternative to the procurement method referenced in subdivision 2, counties or towns may issue a request for proposal and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).
Subd. 3.
Final payment.
A county or town board shall not make final payment on any road construction or improvement contract, the amount for which sealed bids are required under section 471.345, until the engineer or person in charge of the work has certified to the county board or the town board, as the case may be, that the work has been done and performed according to contract and the certificate has been filed in the office of the county auditor or town clerk.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2004 c 209 s 2]
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 17; 1969 c 613 s 1,2; 1984 c 562 s 6,7; 1985 c 169 s 1; 1987 c 227 s 1; 2004 c 209 s 1; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.18 — Access To Roads; Approaches.

160.18
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.18 ACCESS TO ROADS; APPROACHES.
Subdivision 1.
Culvert on existing highway.
Except when the easement of access has been acquired, a road authority, as to a highway already established and constructed may grant by permit a suitable approach to the highway. The requesting abutting property owner shall pay for the cost and installation of any required culverts unless a road authority, other than the commissioner, adopts by resolution a policy for the furnishing of a culvert to an abutting owner when a culvert is necessary for suitable approach to a road. The policy may include provisions for the payment of all or part of the costs of furnishing the culvert by the abutting landowner.
Subd. 2.
Approaches to new highway.
Except when the easement of access has been acquired, the road authorities in laying out and constructing a new highway or in relocating or reconstructing an old highway shall construct suitable approaches thereto within the limits of the right-of-way where the approaches are reasonably necessary and practicable, so as to provide abutting owners a reasonable means of access to such highway.
Subd. 3.
Access for particular uses.
The owner or occupant of property abutting upon a public highway, having a right of direct private access thereto, may provide such other or additional means of ingress from and egress to the highway as will facilitate the efficient use of the property for a particular lawful purpose, subject to reasonable regulation by and permit from the road authority as is necessary to prevent interference with the construction, maintenance and safe use of the highway and its appurtenances and the public use thereof.
Subd. 4.
Trunk highway appeal process.
(a) Notwithstanding chapter 14 and section 14.386, the commissioner must establish a concise, expedited process that allows an owner or occupant of a property abutting a trunk highway to appeal a denial or revocation of an access permit. The owner or occupant must initiate an appeal no later than 30 days after the date the commissioner issues written notice of the denial or revocation of an access permit. The process must provide the owner or occupant and Department of Transportation staff the opportunity to present information supporting each party's respective position. The hearing must be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned by the chief administrative law judge. The administrative law judge must maintain a transcript of the hearing and keep a record of all documents and data submitted at the hearing. Within 30 days of the hearing's conclusion, the administrative law judge must transmit to the commissioner the record of the proceedings, along with a report and recommendation based on the record made in the informal hearing. The commissioner must make a written decision regarding the access permit.
(b) Section 15.99 does not apply to appeals under this subdivision.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 18; 1975 c 24 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 4; 1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.19 — Drainage Ditch Crossing Railroad Right-of-way.

160.19
MS 1953 [Repealed, 1957 c 943 s 72]
160.19 DRAINAGE DITCH CROSSING RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.
When a road authority constructs a drainage ditch to drain a highway over lands acquired for that purpose and the ditch crosses the right-of-way of any railroad, it shall be the duty of the railroad company upon demand of the road authority to forthwith carry the ditch under and across its right-of-way. The cost of carrying the ditch under or across the railroad shall be divided proportionately between the road authority and the railroad company on the basis of benefits accruing to each. Nothing in this section shall apply to or affect a county ditch, judicial ditch, or public drainage system.
History:
1959 c 500 art 1 s 19; 1961 c 87 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.201 — Public Road Ditches.

160.201
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
160.201 PUBLIC ROAD DITCHES.
Subdivision 1.
Improving and draining.
For the purpose of draining public roads and preventing accumulations of water in road ditches, the overflow of which may damage adjacent lands, the various authorities having supervision over public roads, in addition to all other powers granted to said authorities, are authorized and empowered to expend moneys from funds available therefor in repairing, cleaning out, deepening, widening and improving public road ditches within the jurisdiction and supervision of such authorities. The necessity for such work shall be determined by the authorities which now have the supervision of said public roads; provided, that before said work may be done said road supervising authority shall determine that said road ditch as so improved will be provided with an adequate outlet.
Subd. 2.
Rental of ditch machinery by county to municipality.
The county board of any county now or hereafter owning machinery or equipment used in the construction and maintenance of ditches may lease such machinery and its incidental appliances to municipalities within such county upon such rate of rental and upon such terms and conditions as the county board may prescribe.
History:
1945 c 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.215 — Snow Removal; Salt And Chemicals Restricted.

160.215 SNOW REMOVAL; SALT AND CHEMICALS RESTRICTED.
In order to:
(1) minimize the harmful or corrosive effects of salt or other chemicals upon vehicles, roadways, and vegetation;
(2) reduce the pollution of waters; and
(3) reduce the driving hazards resulting from chemicals on windshields;
road authorities, including road authorities of cities, responsible for the maintenance of highways or streets during periods when snow and ice are prevalent, shall utilize such salt or other chemicals only at such places as upon hills, at intersections, or upon high-speed or arterial roadways where vehicle traction is particularly critical, and only if, in the opinion of the road authorities, removal of snow and ice or reduction of hazardous conditions by blading, plowing, sanding, including chemicals needed for free flow of sand, or natural elements cannot be accomplished within a reasonable time.
History:
1971 c 622 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7