1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to transportation; providing for placement of automated license plate
1.3 readers in trunk highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4 161.434.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.434, is amended to read:
1.7 161.434 INTERSTATE AND USE OF TRUNK HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY;
1.8LIMITED USE.
1.9 Subdivision 1.Limited use.The commissioner may also make such arrangements and
1.10agreements as the commissioner deems necessary in the public interest for the limited use
1.11of land owned as interstate or trunk highway right-of-way, which. The use shall must be
1.12for highway purposes, including aesthetic purposes, but not including the erection of
1.13permanent buildings, except buildings or structures erected for the purpose of providing
1.14information to travelers through commercial and public service advertising pursuant to
1.15agreements as provided in sections 160.272 to 160.276. The commissioner shall must secure
1.16the approval of the appropriate federal agency where such approval is required.
1.17 Subd. 2.Automated license plate readers.(a) For purposes of this subdivision,
1.18"automated license plate reader" has the meaning given in section 13.824, subdivision 1.
1.19 (b) The commissioner may establish a process to issue a permit for a local unit of
1.20government to place automated license plate readers within trunk highway rights-of-way
1.21and may specify requirements as determined necessary to protect public safety and ensure
1.22the proper function of the trunk highway.
1Section 1.
25-01329 as introduced12/17/24 REVISOR KRB/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1639NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HAUSCHILD)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
Referred to Transportation 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2Section 1.
25-01329 as introduced12/17/24 REVISOR KRB/BM