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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.04 — Taxation For Roads.

164.04
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.04 TAXATION FOR ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Road taxes; payment.
All real and personal property in each town liable to taxation shall be taxed for road purposes, and all road taxes hereafter levied shall be paid in cash.
Subd. 2.
Fixed at annual town meeting.
The electors of each town shall have power at their annual town meeting to determine the amount of money which shall be raised by taxation for road and bridge purposes. The tax so voted shall be extended, collected, and payment thereof enforced in the same manner and at the same time as is provided by law for the extension, collection, and enforcement of other town taxes.
Subd. 3.
Emergency.
In case of emergency after the town meeting, but not later than October 1 in the same year, the town board may levy a tax on the property in the town for road and bridge purposes, in addition to any tax voted at the annual town meeting for road and bridge purposes. Any tax so levied shall be certified to the county auditor for extension and collection. The town board may thereafter pledge the credit of the town by issuing town orders, not exceeding the amount of the additional tax so levied for road and bridge purposes, in payment for the emergency work done or material used on the roads within the town.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 4; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1975 c 268 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 15; 1994 c 505 art 5 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.06 — Powers Regarding Town Roads.

164.06
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.06 POWERS REGARDING TOWN ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Authorization.
A town board, when authorized by a vote of the electors at the annual meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, may establish, alter, or vacate a town road, including those dedicated to the public by plat, in accordance with section 164.07, subdivisions 2 to 12, and may acquire the right-of-way as may be necessary for the road by gift, purchase or as provided in section 164.07.
Subd. 2.
Extinguishing interest in abandoned road.
(a) After providing notice as required in paragraph (c), the town board may by resolution disclaim and extinguish a town interest in a town road without action under subdivision 1 if:
(1) the extinguishment is found by the town board to be in the public interest;
(2) the interest is not a fee interest;
(3) the interest was established more than 25 years earlier;
(4) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder;
(5) no road improvement has been constructed on a right-of-way affected by the interest within the last 25 years; and
(6) no road maintenance on a right-of-way affected by the interest has occurred within the last 25 years.
(b) The resolution shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded with the county recorder.
(c) Not less than 30 days before the first meeting at which a resolution to disclaim and extinguish a town interest in a town road under this subdivision is discussed, the town board shall provide notice of the meeting by certified mail to each property owner abutting the road to be extinguished. A notice must also be posted as provided under section 366.01, subdivision 8.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 6; 1984 c 562 s 8; 1985 c 169 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 10; 1992 c 578 s 1; 1993 c 117 s 2; 1995 c 25 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 30; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.09 — Joint Cartways.

164.09
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.09 JOINT CARTWAYS.
Subdivision 1.
Joint resolution.
The town boards of adjoining towns by joint resolution may establish a cartway commencing in one such town and terminating in another such town when the cartway will provide access to a tract or tracts of land of not less than five acres which have no access to a public road except over the lands of others.
Subd. 2.
Agreements.
The town boards, in behalf of their respective towns, may enter into agreements with each other providing for the equitable division of the costs and responsibilities to be borne by each for the right-of-way, construction, and maintenance of the cartway. The agreement may also provide for the letting of a joint construction contract covering all or part of the work to be performed on the cartway.
Subd. 3.
Procedure.
After entering into the agreement the town boards shall proceed in accordance with the agreement to construct and maintain the joint cartway.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.10 — Expenditures On Cartway.

164.10
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.10 EXPENDITURES ON CARTWAY.
Any town board may expend town road and bridge funds upon a legally established cartway the same as on town roads if, in the judgment of the board the public interests require it; provided, that where any town board has refused to allocate funds for the upkeep of a cartway, then, upon the petition of ten taxpayers of the town, the town board shall present for the approval of the voters, after due notice, at the annual town meeting the petition for allocation of funds, and at the town meeting the electors of the town shall allow or reject the petition. If the majority of those voting approve the petition for allocation of funds, the town board shall expend road and bridge funds on the cartway.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.11 — Land Dedicated As Road Or Street.

164.11
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.11 LAND DEDICATED AS ROAD OR STREET.
Land dedicated to public use as a street, road, or cartway, if not less than 30 feet in width, shall be deemed a legal cartway.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 11; 1984 c 562 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.13 — Expenses Of Certain Town Line Roads.

164.13
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.13 EXPENSES OF CERTAIN TOWN LINE ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Bridges.
In all cases where a road other than a county road, a county state-aid highway or trunk highway is on the line between two towns, whether the towns are in the same county or not, it shall be the duty of the towns to bear jointly and in equal shares the expense of constructing and maintaining any bridge on the road as made necessary by the construction of a drainage ditch or by reason of the changing, widening or alteration of any drainage ditch, or by reason of the altering or changing of any watercourse.
Subd. 2.
Ditches.
In any proceeding for the establishment and construction of any drainage ditch or the changing, widening or alteration of any such ditch, or the altering of any watercourse, as specified in this section, each of the towns charged by the provisions of this section with the obligation of constructing and maintaining any bridge because of any such improvements, shall be awarded and paid one-half of the total damages awarded for the construction of the bridge by reason of the obligation to construct and maintain the bridge.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.14 — Road On Line Between Town And City.

164.14
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.14 ROAD ON LINE BETWEEN TOWN AND CITY.
Subdivision 1.
Proposal to establish.
When a town and an adjoining city propose to establish, alter, or vacate a road on or along the line between the town and the adjoining city, they may proceed as hereinafter provided.
Subd. 2.
Agreement.
The town board and the governing body of the adjoining city may enter into agreements providing for the equitable division of the costs and responsibilities to be borne by each for the establishment, alteration, or vacation of the road. If the agreement provides for the establishment or alteration of such a road, the agreement may also provide for the letting of a joint construction contract covering all or part of the work to be performed on the road. The agreement may also provide for a division of the costs of subsequent improvement and maintenance of the road.
Subd. 3.
Joint resolution.
After entering into the agreement the town board and the governing body of the city, by joint resolution shall establish, alter, or vacate the road in accordance with the agreement. The town board shall proceed in the manner and subject to the same review as provided in section 164.06 or section 164.07, and the city shall proceed in the manner provided by law for the establishment, alteration, or vacation, as the case may be, of city streets.
Subd. 4.
Inequitable agreement.
If an agreement for the division, as provided in subdivision 2, has proved to be inequitable, either the town board or the governing body of the city may petition the county board, or where the road is on a county line, the county boards of the counties concerned, to resolve the matter, and the county board or boards shall determine the proper division of responsibility. Where deemed necessary, the services of the county engineer may be used.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 14; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 562 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.15 — Dedication Of Land For Road Or Cartway.

164.15
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.15 DEDICATION OF LAND FOR ROAD OR CARTWAY.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
One or more owners may dedicate land for a road or cartway by making application therefor in writing to the town board, describing the land, the purpose of its dedication, and filing the application with the clerk. The clerk shall present the same to the town board which, within ten days after the filing, may pass a resolution declaring the land described to be a public road or cartway. When so declared the land shall be deemed duly dedicated for the purpose expressed in the application and no damages shall be assessed or allowed therefor.
Subd. 2.
Bridge over lake.
Any person owning land to exceed 40 acres constituting part of an island within any meandered lake may at personal expense erect a bridge across such portion of the lake as may separate the person's land from the nearest town road on shore, provided the structure shall not interfere with the use of that part of the lake for the passage of such watercraft as would otherwise pass that point. Before proceeding with the construction of the bridge, proper plans and specifications therefor shall be prepared and submitted to and approved by the town board of the town in which the bridge is to be constructed. If public waters are involved, the plans shall first be approved by the commissioner of natural resources. Upon the completion of the bridge in accordance with the plans and specifications, the town board shall approve the same and endorse its approval upon the plans and specifications therefor; and thereupon the same shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town in which the bridge is located and the bridge shall thereupon become a part of the town road and open to the use of the public as such.
History:
1959 c 500 art 5 s 15; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.151 — Recreational Vehicle Lanes.

164.151 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LANES.
In addition to any other authority granted by law, any town board may establish recreational vehicle lanes on the outer rods of town roads which are deemed dedicated to a width of four rods pursuant to section 160.05, subdivision 1.
History:
1973 c 620 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.152 — Barricaded Road; Liability.

164.152 BARRICADED ROAD; LIABILITY.
When a town board, by resolution, closes and barricades a road under its jurisdiction to motor vehicle use, for seasonal recreation use or other purposes, the town board and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for any claim for injury to person or property arising from any use, whether recreational or otherwise, of the barricaded road.
History:
1985 c 307 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.155 — Restoration Of Certain Town Road.

164.155 RESTORATION OF CERTAIN TOWN ROAD.
Subdivision 1.
Liability of political subdivision.
Any political subdivision transporting or causing to be transported any sand, gravel or other road-building materials over a town road shall restore that road or reimburse the town for restoration of that road to as good condition as it was prior to that transportation.
Subd. 2.
Contract by political subdivision.
Whenever a political subdivision and a private contractor enter a contract that contemplates the transporting of road-building materials by that contractor or a subcontractor over a town road, the political subdivision shall require, as a term of that contract, that the contractor assume the liability of the political subdivision under subdivision 1.
History:
1978 c 474 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 164 — Town Roads › Section 164.36 — Town Authority Over Recorded Road.

164.36 TOWN AUTHORITY OVER RECORDED ROAD.
The town board has authority within the 66-foot right-of-way to:
(1) maintain or reconstruct a recorded road used for vehicular travel;
(2) dispose of snow;
(3) plant trees and shrubs that it considers appropriate;
(4) remove trees and other woody vegetation as provided in section 160.22;
(5) allow the placement of highway directional and informational signs as provided in section 169.06, subdivision 3;
(6) allow the placement of electrical and telephone poles, pipelines, and electrical, telephone, or television cables, and to require prior notice of the proposed placement and restoration of the right-of-way to its condition immediately prior to the placement;
(7) control weeds and regulate the cutting or complete removal of nonwoody vegetation; and
(8) regulate erosion, drainage, public nuisances, and matters of public interest.
History:
1987 c 219 s 2; 1991 c 99 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.01 — Definitions.

165.01
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.01]
165.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section and section 160.02 have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
AASHTO manual.
"The Manual for Bridge Evaluation," published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is incorporated by reference.
Subd. 3.
Bridge.
"Bridge" is defined as a structure, including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or a railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured horizontally along the center of the roadway of ten feet or more between undercopings of abutments, between the spring line of arches, or between the extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes. Bridge also includes multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than one-half of the smaller contiguous opening. This definition of a bridge includes only those railroad and pedestrian bridges over a public highway or street.
Subd. 4.
National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS).
"NBIS" means standards established by the Federal Highway Administration in Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, part 650, subpart C, incorporated by reference.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 1; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 19; 2012 c 287 art 3 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.02 — Powers Of Road Authorities.

165.02
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.02]
165.02 POWERS OF ROAD AUTHORITIES.
The road authorities may construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain bridges whenever they deem bridges to be necessary. Any new or reconstructed bridge may have a separate lane in at least one direction, and may have a lane in both directions, eight feet in width for recreational use. The same may be true for each underpass.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 2; 1973 c 620 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.04 — Bridge, Culvert; Widths.

165.04
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.04]
165.04 BRIDGE, CULVERT; WIDTHS.
Subdivision 1.
Major highway.
Except for railroad-highway grade separations and single lane one directional ramp bridges, and except as hereinafter provided, all bridges and culverts on any trunk highway, county state-aid highway, or municipal state-aid street hereafter established, constructed, or improved shall be at least 24 feet wide between curbs, and approaches thereto shall be at least 28 feet wide shoulder to shoulder. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the state, counties, or municipalities from performing ordinary repairs or maintenance on any such bridge or culvert less than 24 feet wide between curbs.
Subd. 2.
Extraordinary repair or improvement.
Upon finding it practical to do so, the commissioner may make extraordinary repairs or improvements on existing trunk highway bridges less than 24 feet wide between curbs without widening such bridges. Counties and municipalities may make extraordinary repairs or improvements on major existing bridges less than 24 feet wide between curbs, without widening such bridges, if the plans for such extraordinary repairs or improvements are first approved by the commissioner. A major bridge shall mean a bridge which, together with its approaches, is at least 75 feet in length.
Subd. 3.
Other roads.
Except for railroad-highway grade separations, all bridges, culverts, and approaches thereto on all other roads, except cartways, hereafter established, constructed, or improved shall be at least 20 feet wide, provided that in cases where salvaged material from a steel span bridge removed from a highway can be used in the erection of a steel span bridge on a county highway or town road, such bridge, so to be erected, may be less than 20 feet wide, but before such bridge is erected the plan shall first be approved by the commissioner.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 4; 1961 c 218 s 1; 1963 c 293 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.05 — Railroad Bridge Over Highway.

165.05
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.05]
165.05 RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY.
Subdivision 1.
Width.
Any railroad bridge hereafter constructed or substantially reconstructed over a public highway including city streets, shall be constructed so as to leave a clear opening for the highway at least four feet wider than the surfaced portion of the highway, but in no event less than 28 feet wide; provided that the requirement that the clear opening for the highway be at least four feet wider than the surfaced portion of the highway may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner.
Subd. 2.
Clearance between highway and bridge.
Such bridge shall provide at least 16 feet clear space from the surface of the highway to the bottom of the bridge, except that such clear space under any bridge over roads other than those on the state trunk highway system or the interstate highway system shall be not less than 14 feet unless a lesser clear space is approved by the commissioner.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 5; 1963 c 242 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.06 — Highway Bridge And Approach Over Railroad.

165.06
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.06]
165.06 HIGHWAY BRIDGE AND APPROACH OVER RAILROAD.
Subdivision 1.
Width of bridge.
The clear roadway width between curbs on any bridge hereafter constructed on any public highway, including city streets, over the tracks of any railroad shall be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway, but in no event less than 28 feet; provided that the requirement that the width of the bridge be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with the plans approved by the commissioner; further provided that in the case of bridges hereafter constructed on any town road over the tracks of any railroad the minimum width shall be 20 feet.
Subd. 2.
Bridge approach.
The approaches to the bridge shall be at least eight feet wider than the surfaced portion of the roadway, but not less than 32 feet wide, and the grade of the approach shall not exceed five feet rise in 100 feet, provided that the requirement that the grade of the approach may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner; provided that in the case of town roads the minimum width of the approaches to the bridge shall be 24 feet. It shall leave a clear space from the railroad rails of at least 22 feet measured vertically.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 6; 1967 c 266 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.09 — Joint Establishment Of Bridge Over Navigable Stream.

165.09
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.09]
165.09 JOINT ESTABLISHMENT OF BRIDGE OVER NAVIGABLE STREAM.
Subdivision 1.
Joint acquisition, construction, and maintenance.
Counties, towns, and cities interested, jointly or separately, may lease, acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain bridges over any navigable stream and may construct, reconstruct, and maintain suitable approaches thereto. Such approaches may include the improvement of main highways for a distance not exceeding ten miles from the bridge.
Subd. 2.
What constitutes interest in bridge.
A county, town, or city shall be deemed interested in bridges located outside of and within three miles of its corporate boundaries as well as those within or along its boundaries.
Subd. 3.
Bridge over Minnesota River or Mississippi River.
Before any bridge is erected over the Minnesota River or Mississippi River, the location and plan thereof shall be approved by the commissioner.
Subd. 4.
Draws opened on reasonable signal.
All draws shall be opened on reasonable signal or notice to allow the passage of vessels.
Subd. 5.
MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23]
Subd. 6.
Securing free public use of toll bridge.
Counties, towns, and cities interested may secure the free public use of any toll bridge built across any stream in this state. They may secure the free public use of any bridge by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings as provided by law.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 9; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2014 c 227 art 1 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 165 — Bridges › Section 165.10 — Bonds.

165.10
MS 1957 [Renumbered 166.10]
165.10 BONDS.
Subdivision 1.
Certain counties may issue and sell.
The county board of any county having no outstanding road and bridge bonds may issue and sell county road bonds in an amount not exceeding 0.12089 percent of the estimated market value of the taxable property within the county, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, or maintaining any bridge or bridges on any highway under its jurisdiction, without submitting the matter to a vote of the electors of the county.
Subd. 2.
Bonds issued, sold, and retired.
Such bonds shall be general obligations of the county and issued, sold, and retired in the manner provided in chapter 475.
History:
1959 c 500 art 6 s 10; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 7; 2001 c 214 s 2; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds › Section 167.51 — Trunk Highway Bond Account; Transfers.

167.51 TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND ACCOUNT; TRANSFERS.
Subdivision 1.
Account; appropriation.
The commissioner of management and budget shall maintain in the state bond fund a separate account which shall be designated the Minnesota trunk highway bond account. On the first day of December of each year there shall be transferred from the trunk highway fund to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account a sum sufficient, with all money previously transferred to such account, and all income from the investment of such money, to pay all principal and interest then and theretofore due and to become due within the next ensuing year and to and including July 1 in the second ensuing year on Minnesota trunk highway bonds. There is annually appropriated from the trunk highway fund a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
Subd. 2.
Transfers.
All money transferred from the trunk highway fund or from any other source to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account and all income from the investment thereof shall be available for the payment of outstanding state trunk highway bonds and interest thereon, whether or not issued pursuant to section 167.50, in the same manner as the proceeds of taxes paid into the trunk highway fund, and so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for such payments. The legislature may appropriate and transfer to the Minnesota trunk highway bond account, for the payment of such trunk highway bonds and interest thereon, any other moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The commissioner of management and budget is directed to make the appropriate entries in the accounts of the respective funds.
History:
1965 c 892 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1994 c 643 s 70; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 27; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds › Section 167.52 — Tax Levy.

167.52 TAX LEVY.
The state auditor shall levy each year on all taxable property within the state whatever tax may be necessary to produce an amount sufficient, with all money then and theretofore transferred under section 167.51, and all income from the investment thereof, to pay the entire amount of principal and interest which is then due or is to become due within the then ensuing year and to and including July 1 of the second ensuing year, on Minnesota trunk highway bonds heretofore issued and all such bonds hereafter issued pursuant to section 167.50. Such tax shall be subject to no limitation of rate or amount until all such bonds and all interest thereon are fully paid. The proceeds of such taxes are appropriated and credited to the state bond fund, and the principal and interest of said bonds are payable from the proceeds of such taxes, and the whole thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for such payments. If at any time there is insufficient money from the proceeds of the taxes provided for herein to pay the principal and interest when due on such bonds, then such principal and interest shall be paid out of the general fund in the state treasury, and the amount necessary therefor is hereby appropriated. The general fund shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of said taxes when received.
History:
1965 c 892 s 3; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 4 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 167 — Trunk Highway Bonds › Section 167.60 — Debt-financing Management Policy.

167.60 DEBT-FINANCING MANAGEMENT POLICY.
(a) The commissioner shall develop a debt-financing management policy for trunk highway bonds, federal advanced construction funds, and other forms of highway financing based on debt or future repayment. The policy must be used by the department to guide decision making related to debt financing. The commissioner may update the policy as necessary. In developing and updating the policy, the commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of management and budget and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance.
(b) The debt-financing management policy must address relevant financial issues, including, but not limited to:
(1) limits on cumulative amounts of debt for the trunk highway system from all state and federal sources;
(2) eligibility of projects for debt-financing funds;
(3) allocation and use of funds;
(4) terms of debt service and methods of repayment;
(5) management of trunk highway fund balance impacts; and
(6) mitigation of risks from different forms of debt financing.
(c) Upon creation or formal revision of the debt-financing management policy, the commissioner shall distribute electronic copies to the members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance, and as required for reports to the legislature under section 3.195, subdivision 1.
History:
2010 c 350 s 3; 2023 c 25 s 58
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.0135 — Motor Vehicle Registration Self-service Kiosks.

168.0135 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION SELF-SERVICE KIOSKS.
Subdivision 1.
Authorization.
(a) The commissioner, in consultation with deputy registrars, must establish a process to implement, locate, and install self-service kiosks that may be used for passenger vehicle and motorcycle registration renewals. The commissioner must establish reasonable performance, security, technical, and financial standards to approve a vendor. Self-service kiosks authorized by this section must:
(1) allow a customer to renew a passenger vehicle or motorcycle registration pursuant to section 168.013 without assistance of a deputy registrar;
(2) collect the appropriate annual contribution for a special license plate;
(3) process requests for duplicate license plates, except that the self-service kiosk must not process any request for a special plate that requires documentation to prove eligibility to receive that type of plate;
(4) dispense license plate registration renewal stickers to the applicant at the time of the application; and
(5) display the contact phone number and email address of the deputy registrar's office that is responsible for the self-service kiosk.
(b) This section only applies to deputy registrars appointed pursuant to section 168.33, subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Administration.
(a) The commissioner must contract with a vendor to provide the hardware and software necessary to implement the self-service kiosk program. The commissioner must provide fair and reasonable access to department facilities, staff, and technology. The vendor is responsible for the maintenance and installation of all self-service kiosks. The vendor must provide training to deputy registrars on how to operate and troubleshoot issues with a self-service kiosk.
(b) In order to have a self-service kiosk placed in a deputy registrar's service area, the deputy registrar must make a request to the commissioner. The commissioner must review the request. If the request is approved, the commissioner must direct the vendor to place a self-service kiosk in the requesting deputy registrar's service area.
(c) The deputy registrar that requested the placement of the self-service kiosk is responsible for the kiosk. The deputy registrar must coordinate with the vendor for administration and to ensure that all registration materials contained within the self-service kiosks are properly handled and accounted for.
Subd. 3.
Fees.
(a) The commissioner may assess a convenience fee of $5 or less for each transaction completed using a self-service kiosk. The vendor must collect and retain the revenue from any convenience fee that is assessed.
(b) The filing fees in section 168.33, subdivision 7, apply to transactions conducted at a self-service kiosk. The deputy registrar must retain the filing fees.
(c) The fees authorized in this subdivision are in addition to any transaction fees, convenience fees, or other fees charged by a financial institution for use of a debit or credit card.
History:
1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.014 — Owner's Registration Certificate; Expiration.

168.014 OWNER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE; EXPIRATION.
The registered owner's right to the registration certificate provided for herein and the right to use the number plates issued therewith shall expire upon the termination of ownership of any person in the motor vehicle for which the same was issued, and in any event at midnight on December 31 of the year for which issued except as provided in section 168.017.
History:
1949 c 694 s 4; 1973 c 6 s 1; 1974 c 406 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.016 — Collection Of Tax Rate Increase.

168.016 COLLECTION OF TAX RATE INCREASE.
The tax provisions include the five percent surtax imposed under section 168.013, subdivision 14 for passenger automobiles, ambulances and hearses, and the five percent increase in taxes provided for in said subdivision 14 shall not be added to the taxes imposed on such vehicles under the provisions of Extra Session Laws 1971, chapter 31.
History:
Ex1971 c 31 art 5 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.018 — Quarterly Registration Of Farm Trucks.

168.018 QUARTERLY REGISTRATION OF FARM TRUCKS.
(a) The owner of (1) any farm truck as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 8, or (2) a truck owned by a retailer who is engaged in the intrastate transportation of fertilizer or agricultural chemicals directly to a farm for on-farm use within a radius of 50 miles of the retailer's business location, may elect to register and license the truck only for one or more quarters of a registration year, at a tax of one-fourth of the annual tax on the vehicle plus $5 for each quarterly registration. The owner may not apply for quarterly registration or renewal until seven days before the selected quarter or concurrent quarters. The expiration date of a registration shall be displayed on the license plate in such a manner as the registrar shall direct. No truck registered on a quarterly basis shall be operated on the public streets and highways more than ten days beyond the end of the quarter for which it is registered unless the registration has been renewed for another quarter or for the remainder of the registration year.
(b) For purposes of this section registration quarters shall begin on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1.
History:
1981 c 363 s 20; 1984 c 549 s 5; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.0185 — Record Of Vehicle Registration; Disclosure.

168.0185 RECORD OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION; DISCLOSURE.
(a) The commissioner shall keep a record of all registered vehicles according to (1) registration plate number, (2) name of the registered owner, (3) make of vehicle and the vehicle's identification number, for a vehicle so identified, or, if none, the vehicle's serial number until the manufacturer adopts and uses a vehicle identification number.
(b) The commissioner shall furnish to any person applying for a copy of the registration, a copy as specified in section 168.327.
(c) The commissioner shall also furnish vehicle registration records, without charge, to chiefs of police, county sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, and other law enforcement agencies with the power to arrest.
History:
(2693) 1921 c 461 s 22; 1923 c 418 s 22; 1927 c 340 s 1; 1939 c 259 s 1; 1949 c 131 s 1; 1949 c 132 s 1; 1951 c 384 s 1; 1957 c 82 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 9; 1969 c 540 s 9; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 15-17; 1971 c 58 s 1; 1971 c 625 s 1,3; 1971 c 853 s 13; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 375 s 1; 1975 c 146 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 281 s 1,2; 1977 c 327 s 2,3; 1979 c 329 s 3; 1981 c 357 s 59; 1984 c 549 s 24; 1984 c 629 s 3; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 61; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 291 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 496 s 11; 1988 c 647 s 10; 1989 c 209 art 1 s 16; 1989 c 269 s 40,41; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 22; 1990 c 565 s 28; 1991 c 56 s 1; 1996 c 435 s 11; 1996 c 455 art 4 s 11; 1997 c 250 s 3; 2000 c 426 s 12; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 36; 2002 c 371 art 1 s 11,12; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 28; 2005 c 45 s 2,3; 2005 c 64 s 6; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 2 s 26,47
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.022 — Mandatory Tax Refund Due To Lemon Law.

168.022 MANDATORY TAX REFUND DUE TO LEMON LAW.
Subdivision 1.
Entitlement to refund.
If a manufacturer of motor vehicles is required by section 325F.665, subdivision 3, to refund the tax imposed by this chapter, the tax shall be refunded to the manufacturer as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.
Amount of refund.
The amount of the refund shall be the tax paid by the purchaser pursuant to this chapter less 1/12 of the annual tax for the vehicle for each calendar month or fraction of a calendar month between the date of registration and the date the purchase price is refunded.
Subd. 3.
Application.
The refund shall be paid to the manufacturer upon written application to the registrar of motor vehicles with proof of compliance with this section as the registrar may require.
Subd. 4.
Payment out of highway user fund.
Payment of any refund pursuant to this section shall be made out of the highway user tax distribution fund and the amounts necessary to pay the refunds are appropriated out of that fund.
History:
1983 c 342 art 20 s 1; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.031 — Registration Exemption; Active Military Service.

168.031 REGISTRATION EXEMPTION; ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) The motor vehicle of any person who engages in active military service in any branch or unit of the United States armed forces shall be exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax during the period of such active service and for 90 days immediately thereafter if the owner, before, during, or within 90 days after completion of that active service, files with the registrar of motor vehicles a written application for exemption with such proof of military service as the registrar may have required and if the motor vehicle is not operated on a public highway within the state during the requested period of exemption, except by the owner while on furlough or leave of absence from the military.
(b) The motor vehicle of any disabled war veteran, which vehicle has been furnished free, in whole or in part, by the United States government to said disabled veteran, shall be exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax. The motor vehicle owned and registered by a former prisoner of war that bears the "EX-POW" plates is exempt from the motor vehicle registration tax.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "active service" shall have the meaning given this term in section 190.05, subdivisions 5b and 5c, but excludes service performed exclusively for purposes of:
(1) annual training and other periodic inactive duty training for National Guard and other reserve members;
(2) special training periodically made available to National Guard and other reserve members;
(3) service performed in accordance with section 190.08, subdivision 3; and
(4) service performed as part of the active guard/reserve program pursuant to United States Code, title 32, section 502(f), or other applicable authority.
History:
1941 c 7 s 1; 1943 c 458 s 1; 1951 c 248 s 1; 1971 c 83 s 1; 1993 c 214 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.032 — Proportionate Refund To Person On Active Military Service.

168.032 PROPORTIONATE REFUND TO PERSON ON ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.
If such person shall have paid the tax for the year when entering upon such active service the person shall surrender to the registrar on applying for the exemption the number plates issued upon the registration. Upon proper application and surrender of the number plates, the registrar shall refund to the applicant from the motor vehicle license suspense fund the portion of the tax paid proportionate to the portion of the year during which the motor vehicle will not be used on any highway of the state.
History:
1941 c 7 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.033 — May Pay Proportionate Part Of Tax.

168.033 MAY PAY PROPORTIONATE PART OF TAX.
If such person shall not have paid the tax for the year when entering upon such active service, the registrar shall not accept the application until the person has registered the motor vehicle and paid the portion of the tax with penalties, if any, proportionate to the portion of the year up to the date of application.
History:
1941 c 7 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.04 — Military Personnel; Exemptions.

168.04 MILITARY PERSONNEL; EXEMPTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Licensed in other states.
The provisions of this chapter, requiring the registration and taxation of motor vehicles and the display of license number plates shall not apply to a motor vehicle operated by an owner who is not a resident of this state or the owner's authorized agent while the owner is serving in the armed forces of the United States, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) the vehicle is properly registered in another state in the name of the owner and displays the license number plates or other insignia required by the laws of the other state;
(2) the owner is a resident of the state in which the vehicle is registered;
(3) the vehicle is used only for personal transportation or for transportation of the owner or authorized agent's personal property; and
(4) the vehicle is subject to all provisions of law applicable to vehicles owned by Minnesota residents except to the extent exemption from law is provided by this section.
Subd. 2.
Licensed by armed forces.
The provisions of this chapter, requiring the registration and taxation of motor vehicles and the display of license number plates shall not apply to a motor vehicle operated by the owner or authorized agent while the owner is engaged in active service in the armed forces of the United States, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) that such vehicle is properly registered with, and displays the license number plates of, the armed forces of the United States in a foreign country;
(2) that such vehicle is used only for personal transportation or for transportation of the owner or authorized agent's personal property;
(3) that such vehicle shall be subject to all provisions of law applicable to vehicles owned by Minnesota residents except to the extent that exemption from said law is provided by this section; and
(4) that the exemption provided by this subdivision shall be valid only for a period of 30 days after a vehicle has arrived in this state.
History:
1967 c 515 s 1,2; 1981 c 167 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2023 c 25 s 64
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.053 — Drive-away In-transit License.

168.053 DRIVE-AWAY IN-TRANSIT LICENSE.
Subdivision 1.
Application; fee; penalty.
Any person, firm, or corporation with a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license. This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the purpose of permanent vehicle registration. Additional drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application, as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.
Subd. 2.
Delivery of trailer or building.
Notwithstanding any provisions of subdivision 1 inconsistent herewith the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057 shall also apply to the delivery of new travel trailers, park trailers, manufactured homes, sectional buildings, and semitrailers by towing methods whether or not the power unit is a part of the combination being delivered.
History:
1941 c 213 s 1; 1959 c 153 s 1; 1961 c 38 s 1; 1961 c 554 s 1; 1969 c 121 s 1; 1981 c 365 s 9; 1984 c 549 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 323 s 1; 1989 c 342 s 9; 1994 c 536 s 5; 2013 c 127 s 15; 2015 c 75 art 2 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.054 — Liability Insurance Policy.

168.054 LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY.
Any person pulling or towing any vehicle as provided in section 168.053 designed, equipped, or intended to operate under its own power, the pulling or towing being accomplished by another vehicle when operating upon any public highway of the state, shall obtain, before such pulling or towing, a liability insurance policy or bond covering public liability and property damage, issued by some insurance or bonding company, or insurance carrier authorized to do business in the state, which policy or bond shall be approved by the registrar and be in the amount of $10,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to said limit for one person, in the amount of $100,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $5,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
History:
1941 c 213 s 2; 1947 c 166 s 1; 1994 c 536 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 168 — Vehicle Registration, Taxation, Sale › Section 168.056 — Towing Violation A Misdemeanor; Exceptions.

168.056 TOWING VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR; EXCEPTIONS.
Any person violating the provisions of section 168.053 or 168.054 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057 shall not apply where such vehicle is being towed as a temporary movement for the purpose of making repairs, or for the purpose of pulling or towing such vehicle from one point to another point for the purpose of making repairs, or on repossessed cars being towed by an agent or employee of any person or bona fide finance company in the state where such towing is incidental to the repossession of such vehicle.
History:
1941 c 213 s 4; 1969 c 6 s 28; 2014 c 255 s 2