Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2858 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; authorizing electric vehicles to use high-occupancy and
3	3	1.3 dynamic shoulder lanes without a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 160.93, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.93, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 2.Deposit of revenues; appropriation.(a) Except as provided in subdivision
8	8	1.82a, money collected from fees authorized under subdivision subdivisions 1 and 6 must be
9	9	1.9deposited in a high-occupancy vehicle lane user fee account in the special revenue fund. A
10	10	1.10separate account must be established for each trunk highway corridor. Money in the account
11	11	1.11is appropriated to the commissioner.
12	12	1.12 (b) From this appropriation the commissioner shall must first repay the trunk highway
13	13	1.13fund and any other fund source for money spent to install, equip, or modify the corridor for
14	14	1.14the purposes of subdivision 1, and then shall must pay all the costs of implementing and
15	15	1.15administering the fee collection system for that corridor, including the public notification
16	16	1.16and information requirements under subdivision 6, paragraph (e).
17	17	1.17 (c) The commissioner shall must spend remaining money in the account as follows:
18	18	1.18 (1) one-half must be spent for transportation capital improvements within the corridor;
19	19	1.19and
20	20	1.20 (2) one-half must be transferred to the Metropolitan Council for expansion and
21	21	1.21improvement of bus transit services within the corridor beyond the level of service provided
22	22	1.22on the date of implementation of subdivision 1.
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR KRB/AC 25-0414102/21/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 2858
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Acomb03/26/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.93, is amended by adding a subdivision to
33	33	2.2read:
34	34	2.3 Subd. 6.All-electric vehicles.(a) For purposes of this subdivision, "all-electric vehicle"
35	35	2.4has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 1a.
36	36	2.5 (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, 4, or 5, the driver of a single-occupant all-electric
37	37	2.6vehicle that displays the decal described in paragraph (c) may use a dynamic shoulder lane
38	38	2.7or designated high-occupancy vehicle lane without a fee or charge.
39	39	2.8 (c) The commissioner must create a decal for all-electric vehicles that may be affixed
40	40	2.9to the vehicle and is easily visible to law enforcement officials. The commissioner may
41	41	2.10regulate the number of decals required to be displayed on a vehicle and the location where
42	42	2.11the decals must be displayed.
43	43	2.12 (d) The owner of an all-electric vehicle must submit an application for the decals to the
44	44	2.13commissioner along with a fee of $24. If the commissioner is satisfied that the vehicle is
45	45	2.14an eligible all-electric vehicle, the commissioner must issue the decals to the owner of the
46	46	2.15eligible vehicle. Decals expire four years from the month of issuance. Decals issued to an
47	47	2.16eligible vehicle are not transferable to another vehicle.
48	48	2.17 (e) Using existing revenue from the high-occupancy vehicle lane user fee account, the
49	49	2.18commissioner, in coordination with the commissioners of commerce and public safety, must
50	50	2.19publicize and make publicly available information about all-electric vehicles' use of a
51	51	2.20dynamic shoulder or designated high-occupancy vehicle lane, including but not limited to:
52	52	2.21 (1) highway signage and electronic billboards;
53	53	2.22 (2) accessible information on the department's website about qualifying vehicles, the
54	54	2.23application process, and other relevant and easily understandable information for prospective
55	55	2.24users;
56	56	2.25 (3) notification to all certified auto dealers of electric vehicles in Minnesota about the
57	57	2.26eligibility of all-electric vehicles and information for distribution to purchasers of all-electric
58	58	2.27vehicles at the point of sale; and
59	59	2.28 (4) information to be included with a vehicle's registration renewal and all-electric vehicle
60	60	2.29surcharge notice for owners of those vehicles.
61	61	2.30 (f) The commissioner of public safety must include information to the owner about the
62	62	2.31application process under this section for every vehicle assessed the surcharge under section
63	63	2.32168.013, subdivision 1m.
64	64	2Sec. 2.
65	65	REVISOR KRB/AC 25-0414102/21/25